Pete Wismann
Number22, 52
PositionCenter, linebacker
Birth dateOctober 9, 1922
Birth placeSt. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Death dateSeptember 5, 2023 (aged 100)
Height6 ft
Height in0
Weight lb215
High schoolMaplewood-Richmond Heights
(Maplewood, Missouri)
CollegeMiami (OH) (1942)
Washington (1943)
Saint Louis (1946-1948)
Draftyear1949
Draftround7
Draftpick64
Pastteams
StatleagueNFL/AAFC
Statlabel 1Games played
Statvalue 148
Statlabel 2Games started
Statvalue 221
Statlabel 3Interceptions
Statvalue 34
PfrW/WissPe20

Lawrence William "Pete" Wismann (October 9, 1922 – September 5, 2023) was an American football center and linebacker[1] who played five seasons with the San Francisco 49ers.[2]

Biography

Wismann was born October 9, 1922, in St. Louis. He attended Maplewood High School in Maplewood, Missouri.[3] Wismann played college football at Washington University in St. Louis before the war and at Saint Louis University after serving in the Marine Corps. He also worked as a mason.[4] Wismann died on September 5, 2023, at the age of 100.[5]

References

  1. ^ Branch, Eric (2021-03-13). "The last living original 49er: Ken Casanega's remarkable life reaches 100". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  2. ^ "75 for 75: First NFL Game". www.49ers.com. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  3. ^ Hank Gola, "San Francisco 49ers Have Living Link to Beginning with 90-year Pete Wismann, a Playmaker on All-America Football Conference Team," New York Daily News, January 28, 2013.
  4. ^ Gould IV, William B. (2002). Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor. paperback ed. Stanford University Press. p. 362. ISBN 0-8047-4708-3.
  5. ^ "In Memoriam". Organized Labor. Vol. 123, no. 12. San Francisco Building & Construction Trades Council. December 2023. p. 22.