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Tersch was born in Minneapolis in 1894.[1] He joined the Minneapolis Fire Department in 1917 at age 23.[2] He joined the U.S. Navy that same year when the United States entered World War I.[2]
Professional footballedit
Tersch played semi-professional football for 14 years.[2] He also played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a tackle and guard for the Minneapolis Marines. He appeared in 15 NFL games, all as a starter, from 1921 to 1923.[3]
Later yearsedit
Tersch He also returned to the Navy for three-and-a-half years during World War II, serving as a fire marshal in Japan and Pearl Harbor.[2] He also served as the coach of the fire-police baseball team from the 1920s until the early 1950s.[2][4] In 1959, he was promoted from second deputy to first deputy chief of the Minneapolis Fire Department.[5] He retired in November 1959 at age 65.[2]
Tersch died in 1970 at Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis at age 75.[6][7]
Referencesedit
^"Rudy Tersch". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ abcdef"Town Toppers". The Minneapolis Star. March 13, 1959. p. 20A – via Newspapers.com.
^"Rudy Tersch". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
^"Camden Has 4-tilt Hurdle in State Legion Tourney". The Minneapolis Star. August 6, 1952. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
^Jim Byrne (July 10, 1959). "Fire Chief Announces Promotions". Minneapolis Morning Tribune. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Rudy Tersch Dies After Long Illness". The Minneapolis Tribune. February 7, 1970. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Tersch funeral set for Monday". The Minneapolis Star. February 7, 1970. p. 12A – via Newspapers.com.
May 08, 2024
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