Ernie Rosteck Explained

Ernie Rosteck
Position:Center
Birth Date:12 May 1922
Birth Place:Detroit
Death Place:Waterloo, Iowa
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lbs:218
High School:Southeastern (MI)
Pastteams:
Statlabel1:Games
Statvalue1:10
Pfr:RostEr20

Ernest W. Rosteck (May 12, 1922 – March 1, 1986) was an American football player.

Rosteck was born in Detroit in 1922. He attended Detroit's Southeastern High School.

He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a center for the Detroit Lions. He appeared in 10 NFL games during the 1943 and 1944 seasons.[1] He was released by the Lions in September 1945.[2] He also played professional football for the Los Angeles Bulldogs of the Pacific Coast Football League in 1945 and 1946 and the Patterson Panthers in 1947.[3] [4]

He later worked for John Deere as a machinist. He died of an apparent cardiac arrest in 1986 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ernie Rosteck . August 30, 2020 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC.
  2. News: September 18, 1945 . Lions Sell Jack Lowther and Drop Eleven Others . Detroit Free Press . Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Ernie Rosteck. Pro Football Archives. February 11, 2022. February 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220212063020/https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerr/rost00200.html. dead.
  4. News: Panthers Announce Signing Of First Two Players For 1947: Ernie Rosteck, National League Star, Gives Paterson Club Second Outstanding Center. The Morning Call. July 25, 1947. 22. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Ernest W. Rosteck. The Courier. March 7, 1986. 6. Newspapers.com.