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Fred Negus

Fred Negus

Induction:
1998

Fred Negus

Won major "W" awards in football (1942 and 1946) and baseball (1943)
First-team All-Big Ten center in 1942 at Wisconsin and in 1943 at Michigan
Made the Associated Press Sophomore All-American team in 1942
Won the Jimmy Demetral team football MVP award at Wisconsin in 1946
Member of the 1947 college all-star team that defeated the Chicago Bears 16-0
Ran on Michigan's Big Ten championship one-mile relay team in 1944
Played professional football with the Chicago Rockets and the Chicago Bears
Tied an All-American Football Conference record with a 97-yard fumble return for the Rockets in 1948

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