| Position: | Guard |
| Birth Date: | 11 June 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Minneapolis |
| Death Place: | Cass County, Minnesota |
| Weight Lbs: | 182 |
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| Statlabel1: | Games |
| Statvalue1: | 9 |
Fred Oscar "Fritz" Loven (June 11, 1894 – November 1, 1975) was an American football player. He played professional football for the Minneapolis Red Jackets in 1929 and thereafter lived for more than 40 years a life of "socialized exclusion" in a cabin in the woods.
Loven was born in 1894 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]
In 1920, Loven played professional football at the tackle position for the Liberty football team in Minnesota.[2] He also played in the National Football League (NFL) as a guard for the Minneapolis Red Jackets. He made his NFL debut at age 35 in 1929 and appeared in eight NFL games, five as a starter.[3] Loven also completed athletically as a boxer and swimmer.
Loven lived for more than 40 years, starting in 1932, in a cabin on 80 acres in Lake Shore, Minnesota. In a 1973 profile of Loven published in the North Country Anvil, his lifestyle was described as one of "socialized exclusion".[4] [5] He died in 1975 at Cass County, Minnesota.[1] He left his property to the state which has since been operated as Fritz Loven Park.[6]