Robert Reitsch

{{Short description|American football player (1906–1998)}} {{Use American English|date=September 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox college football player |currentposition=[[Center (gridiron football)|Center]] |pastschools=[[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] (1926–1927) |highschool=Rockford |birth_date={{Birth date|1906|1|11|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Rockford, Illinois]], U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age |1998|9|4|1906|1|11|mf=y}} |highlights= * [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|1927]]) * First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1927 College Football All-America Team|1927]]) *All-Big Ten (1926, 1927) |image=Robert Reitsch, 1927.png|caption=Reitsch, {{Circa|1927}}}} '''Robert Reitsch''' (January 11, 1906 – September 4, 1998) was an American [[college football]] player. A prominent [[Center (gridiron football)|center]], he was the [[Captain (sports)|captain]] of the national champion [[1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19261123.2.1#|title='Bob' Reitsch Elected Captain of 1927 Football Team; 'Zup,' Rockne Give Ideals of Game|date=November 23, 1926|work=Daily Illini}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RyTVa-sXx_IC&pg=PA88|page=88|title=Bob Zuppke|author=Maynard Brichford|date=12 September 2009|publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786453948}}</ref> chosen first-team All-American by some selectors.<ref>e. g. {{cite news|author=Lawrence Perry|title=Lawrence Perry Selects His All-American Eleven|work=Oakland Tribune|date=1927-12-10}}</ref> Reitsch was a native of [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]].

He was later secretary of the alumni association.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=TUC19320114.2.17#|title=Bob Reitsch Made Alumni Secretary|date=January 14, 1932|work=Urbana Daily Courier}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Find a Grave}}

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