:Fritz Febel

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Fritz Febel

| image = Fritz Febel.png

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|11|3}}

| birth_place = Crvenka, Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|9|21|1909|11|3}}

| death_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1932–1933

| player_team1 = Purdue

| player_positions = Guard

| coach_years1 = 1936–1942

| coach_team1 = Buffalo (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1952–1954

| coach_team2 = Buffalo

| overall_record = 4–19–1

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| championships =

| awards = Second-team All-Big Ten (1933)

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}}

Friedrich "Fritz" Febel (November 3, 1909 – September 21, 1969) was a German-American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Buffalo from 1952 to 1954, compiling a record of 4–19–1."[http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/archives/ub-sports/2014/03/07/1954-buffalo-football/ 1954 Buffalo Football]," University at Buffalo Sports History Collection - March 7, 2014. Febel was an assistant football coach at Buffalo from 1936 to 1942. In 1946 he became an assistant professor of health, physical education, and recreations at the school.{{cite news |title=University of Buffalo Appoints Fritz Febel Head Football Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2646155/somerset_daily_american/ |newspaper=Daily American |location=Somerset, Pennsylvania |agency=Associated Press |date=May 6, 1952 |page=4 |access-date=June 19, 2015 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Febel was born into an ethnic German family1930 United States Federal Census in Crvenka, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) and immigrated to the United States when he was 12.Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 He became an all-star player for Lindblom High School in Chicago and Purdue University. In January 1935, he graduated from Purdue University with a B. S. degree.{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Harold |last2=Smith |first2=Wilfrid |date=1935 |title=Who's Who in Major League Football |location=Chicago |publisher=Callahan}} He died at Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo, New York after suffering a heart attack.{{cite news |author= |title=Fritz Febel Stricken, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54340695/the-evening-sun/ |newspaper=The Evening Sun |location=Baltimore, Maryland |agency=Associated Press |date=September 22, 1969 |page=30 |accessdate=June 28, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}