Ted Grefe

Theodore Fred Grefe (October 26, 1917 – October 27, 1989) was an American football player.

Ted Grefe

Ted Grefe, December 1941
Personal information
Born:	(1917-10-26)October 26, 1917 Des Moines, Iowa
Died:	October 27, 1989(1989-10-27) (aged 72) Buffalo, South Dakota
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
Position:	End
High school:	Roosevelt (IA)
College:	Northwestern
Career history
Detroit Lions (1945)
Career NFL statistics
Games: 2 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Grefe attended Roosevelt High School and played college football for Northwestern.^[1] He served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed on a destroyer at Pearl Harbor until being transferred to submarine service shortly before the Japanese attack.^[2] He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a defensive end for the Detroit Lions. He appeared in two NFL games during the 1945 season.^[1]

After his football career, Grefe lived in Des Moines, Iowa, and later in Fairfax, Virginia. He died in 1989 at Buffalo, South Dakota, while returning home from a hunting trip. He and his wife, June, had two daughters (Carolyn and Lauren) and one son (Duston).^[3]