Rip Bachor Explained

Rip Bachor
Birth Date:December 10, 1901
Birth Place:Calumet, Michigan, U.S.
Death Place:Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lbs:215
High School:Western
(Detroit, Michigan)
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Pfr:B/BachRi20

Ludwig Aloysius "Rip" Bachor (December 10, 1901 – December 11, 1959) was an American professional football player who was a tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Wolverines during the 1928 NFL season.[1]

Bachor was born in Calumet, Michigan, in 1901. He attended Western High School in Detroit before enrolling at the University of Detroit.[2] He played college football at the tackle position for the Detroit Titans football team from 1923 to 1926.[2] He was selected by Herbert Reed as a first-team player on the 1925 College Football All-America Team.[3] He was elected president of the school's "D" club in 1926.[4]

After his football career, Bachor received a law degree from the University of Detroit in 1927. He worked as prosecutor and later an employment manager for the Utica-Bend Corporation, a labor relations executive with Studebaker-Packar, and finally in the legal department of the Michigan highway department. He died of a heart attack in 1959 at age 58 at his home in Lansing, Michigan.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rip Bachor NFL Football. Sports Reference LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. January 20, 2015.
  2. Web site: Ludwig Bachor. Pro Football Archives. June 22, 2022.
  3. Web site: All-America Addendum. College Football Historical Society Newsletter. November 2008. January 20, 2015.
  4. News: U. of D. Athletes Select Bachor: Football Star Is Made President of "D" Club. Detroit Free Press. June 18, 1926. 17. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Grid Great For U-D Dies at 58. Detroit Free Press. December 13, 1959. 28. Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Road Aide Dies Here: Ludwig Bachor a Victim Of Heart Attack at His Residence. Lansing State Journal. December 11, 1959. 43. Newspapers.com.