Mitch Frerotte

Paul Mitchael Frerotte (March 30, 1965 – June 11, 2008) was an American professional football player who played as a guard for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL), all with the Buffalo Bills.

Mitch Frerotte

No. 59
Position:	Guard
Personal information
Born:	(1965-03-30)March 30, 1965 Kittanning, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:	June 11, 2008(2008-06-11) (aged 43) Kittanning, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	281 lb (127 kg)
Career information
College:	Penn St.
NFL draft:	1987: undrafted
Career history
Buffalo Bills (1987–1992) Seattle Seahawks (1993–1994)
Career highlights and awards
National champion (1986)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 58 Games started: 3 Touchdowns: 2 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Biography

Frerotte is perhaps best known for scoring three touchdowns during the 1992 NFL season,^[1] a record for an offensive lineman.^[2]

Frerotte played in three Super Bowls: XXV, XXVI, and XXVII. He attended Kittanning High School and Penn State University.^[3]

Personal life

Known as "Pit Bull" by his Bills teammates, Frerotte often wore an elaborate mask of eye black during games.^[2] He was a well-known Harley-Davidson enthusiast, who once threatened ESPN's Joe Theismann with bodily harm after he mounted Frerotte's motorcycle without permission.^[4]

Frerotte is the cousin of NFL quarterback Gus Frerotte. Mitch died from a massive heart attack at his mother's home on June 11, 2008. The coroner's report attributed his death to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic heart condition which the American Heart Association calls the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes.^[5]