Deral Teteak Explained

Deral Teteak
Birth Date:11 December 1929
Birth Place:Oconto, Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Place:Naples, Florida, U.S.
Position:Guard, Linebacker
High School:Oshkosh (Wisconsin)
College:Wisconsin
Draftyear:1952
Draftround:9
Draftpick:100
Pastteams:
Highlights:
Statlabel1:Games played
Statvalue1:49
Statlabel2:Interceptions
Statvalue2:6
Statlabel3:Fumble recoveries
Statvalue3:5
Pfr:TeteDe00

Deral Teteak (December 11, 1929 – December 18, 2014) was an American football guard and linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers.[1] He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1987.[2]

Teteak was born on December 11, 1929, the son of Miles Teteak and Aritha Hansen Teteak. He attended Oshkosh High School and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1] After playing for the Packers, he worked as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin.[1] [3]

Teteak died on December 18, 2014, in a nursing home in Naples, Florida, at the age of 85. He was married for almost 60 years to his wife, Shirley. He had a son, Peter, and a daughter, Lynn.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Deral Teteack To Be Speaker at UW Dinner . Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. May 30, 1958. 4. Newspapers.com. December 26, 2014 .
  2. Web site: Deral Teteak . Christl . Cliff . Cliff Christl . Packers.com . September 20, 2023 . May 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230524002412/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/deral-teteak . live .
  3. News: Former Packer Deral Teteack Is Sold on 'Little' Brother's Ability . The Post-Crescent. January 27, 1959. 21. Newspapers.com. December 26, 2014 .
  4. Web site: Packers MLB, Deral Teteak, dies at 85 . 2014-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150108043833/http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-1/Packers-MLB-Deral-Teteak-dies-at-85/f9b2901c-2cb7-47a0-8439-dbf90089d0d2 . 2015-01-08 . dead .