# Lars Ditlev

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{{Short description|Danish-American football player}}

{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Lars Ditlev
| image = Lars Ditlev and his wife.jpg
| caption = Ditlev (right) with his wife, 1976
| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|12|06}}
| birth_place = [Randers](/source/Randers), Denmark
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|24|1951|12|06}}
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 8<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/527892714/|title=NFL draft day phone call came for Tech twosome|work=[Rapid City Journal](/source/Rapid_City_Journal)|location=[Rapid City, South Dakota](/source/Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota)|date=April 23, 2005|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=35|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
| college = [South Dakota Mines](/source/South_Dakota_Mines_Hardrockers_football)
| position = [Defensive end](/source/Defensive_end)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/653229441/|title=Evert, Hunt Deadlocked|work=[The News and Observer](/source/The_News_%26_Observer)|location=[Raleigh, North Carolina](/source/Raleigh%2C_North_Carolina)|date=June 27, 1974|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=29|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Closed access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/186025062/|title=Coming Home: 'White Shoes' Finally Brings Act to the Vet After Years of Running, Dancing to Glory|work=[Philadelphia Daily News](/source/Philadelphia_Daily_News)|location=[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania)|date=November 7, 1985|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=114|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
| draftyear   = 1974
| draftround  = 13
| draftpick   = 323
}}

'''Lars Ditlev''' (December 6, 1951 – January 24, 2021) was a Danish-[American football](/source/American_football) player.

== Life and career ==
Ditlev was born in [Randers](/source/Randers),<ref name="a">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-lars-ditlev/155341555/|title=Lars Ditlev|work=[Rapid City Journal](/source/Rapid_City_Journal)|location=[Rapid City, South Dakota](/source/Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota)|date=February 6, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=E3|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Open access}}</ref> the son of Peter Ditlev.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/239043776/|title=Lookin' In|work=[Argus Leader](/source/Argus_Leader)|location=[Sioux Falls, South Dakota](/source/Sioux_Falls%2C_South_Dakota)|date=February 5, 1974|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=11|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He graduated from Lincoln High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/heraldnet/name/lars-ditlev-obituary?id=9747285|title=Lars Ditlev Obituary (1951-2021)|work=[The Everett Herald](/source/The_Everett_Herald)|date=February 7, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2024}}</ref>

Ditlev played for the [South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football](/source/South_Dakota_Mines_Hardrockers_football) team<ref>{{Citation|title=Roster 1973|work=[South Dakota Mines Hardrockers Football](/source/South_Dakota_Mines_Hardrockers_football)}}</ref> during the 1970s.

Ditlev was selected in the 13th round of the [1974 NFL draft](/source/1974_NFL_draft) by the [Philadelphia Eagles](/source/Philadelphia_Eagles)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballdb.com/teams/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/draft/1974|title=1974 Philadelphia Eagles Draft|work=The Football Database|access-date=September 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/350345394/|title=Headlines being made after grid season|work=[Rapid City Journal](/source/Rapid_City_Journal)|location=[Rapid City, South Dakota](/source/Rapid_City%2C_South_Dakota)|date=February 2, 1974|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=10|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Closed access}}</ref> as a [defensive end](/source/defensive_end); he did not make the final roster.

Ditlev died on January 24, 2021, at the age of 69.<ref name="a" />

== References ==
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Category:1951 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Sportspeople from Randers
Category:Players of American football from South Dakota
Category:American football defensive ends
Category:Danish emigrants to the United States
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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