Carl Zoll
{{Short description|American football player (1899–1973)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Carl Zoll
| image = File:Carl Zoll, 1920.png
| alt = Black and white newspaper photo of Zoll standing shirtless
| caption = Zoll, {{circa|1920}}
| position = Guard
| number =
| birth_date = January 29, 1899
| birth_place = Howard, Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1973|10|19|1899|1|29}}
| death_place = Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 215
| high_school = Green Bay (WI) West
| college = none
| pastteams =
- Green Bay (1918)
- Green Bay Packers (1919–1922)
- De Pere (1924)
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 1
| pfr = ZollCa20
}}
Carl Francis Zoll (January 29, 1899 – October 19, 1973) was an American wrestler and professional football guard. One of three brothers active in sports in Green Bay, Wisconsin, he attended Green Bay West High School and then became a prominent wrestler in the region. He was undefeated from the start of his career in 1917 until 1919, while also claiming the Wisconsin heavyweight title from 1917 until 1921. He fought many prominent wrestlers in his career, including several world champions, and unsuccessfully contended for the World Light Heavyweight Championship in 1920.
Zoll also played football; he was a member of the Green Bay Packers in their inaugural 1919 season. He stayed with the team until 1922 as they entered what became the National Football League (NFL). Similar to his two brothers Martin and Dick, Zoll only played in one NFL game for the Packers. After his career, he coached at a local YMCA and ran his family's stone cutting business. Zoll died in 1973 at the age of 74.
Early life
Carl Francis Zoll was born on January 29, 1899, in Howard, Wisconsin. He was one of seven children and had two brothers who were active in local sports – Dick and Martin.{{Cite news |date=October 19, 1973 |title=Carl F. Zoll |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166335046/ |newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} His father was a stonecutter and Zoll lifted tombstones as a youth, which helped him garner a reputation for his strength.{{Cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/121359621|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Smith, Red|title=Sports of The Times: Champions Under Canvas|author-link=Red Smith (sportswriter)|date=March 30, 1980|page=S3|id={{ProQuest|121359621}} }} Zoll attended Green Bay West High School and, according to one source, later served in World War I.{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/z/zoll00200.html|website=Pro Football Archives|access-date=February 21, 2025|title=Carl Zoll Stats}} Outside of sports, he worked at shipyards.
Professional career
=Wrestling=
Zoll often competed in wrestling when carnivals were in the Green Bay area. Sportswriter Red Smith noted:
{{blockquote|Whenever a carnival hit town and the spieler called for a volunteer to wrestle the champion, one fall to a finish, the bucks who hung out in Bobby Lynch's Billiard Academy would urge, "go on, Carl, go on," and set up a chant until Carl, with a bashful grin, would step forward. It is not recalled that Carl ever won a match, but he was never disgraced. Again and again he would have the champion in extremis, grunting, gasping and writhing on the brink of defeat, and at last when Carl's shoulders touched the mat, the champion was invariably gracious. "And I wanna say," he would tell the crowd, clutching his adversary's paw, "that I never met a better man than your own Carl Zoll right here in Green Bay."}}
==Undefeated streak==
Zoll began wrestling competitively in Green Bay in 1917 and at the time weighed {{convert|180|lb|kg}}.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166337148/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 19, 1917|page=8|author=Israel, A.H.|title=Everything Ready For Revival Here Of Mat Contests}} {{Open access}} The Green Bay Press-Gazette described him as showing excellent speed despite his large size. Trained by Tom Condon,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166338246/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 24, 1917|page=8|title=Zoll And Arance Both Winners In Straight Falls|author=Israel, A.H.}} {{Open access}} he was classified as a heavyweight and was quickly considered among the top wrestlers at his weight in the area.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166337482/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 31, 1917|page=14|title=Heavy Grapplers Are Scarce Here|author=Israel, A.H.}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166337680/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 9, 1917|page=13|title=Wrestling Lid To Be Boosted With Matches March 19|author=Israel, A.H.}} {{Open access}} In April 1917, he challenged Barney McMillan, the billed Wisconsin state champion, and defeated him in {{frac|5|1|2}} minutes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166338050/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 18, 1917|page=8|title=Zoll Matched To Meet M'Millan In State Title Bout|author=Israel, A.H.}} {{Open access}} After the bout, Condon claimed the Wisconsin heavyweight title for Zoll. Zoll was undefeated early in his career and was considered the "pride of Green Bay" by the Press Gazette.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166341195/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 12, 1918|page=11|title=Bay Wrestlers In Double Wins Over Appleton Huskies|author=Calhoun, George Whitney|author-link=George Whitney Calhoun}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166341696/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 30, 1918|page=8|title=Wrestling Bouts Draw Fair Crowd At Bijou Theater}} {{Open access}} His brother, Martin, sometimes competed in events featuring Zoll as well.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166347900/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 20, 1919|page=12|title=Local Grapplers Will Exhibit At Gillett Festival}} {{Open access}} Carl tied in a match in April 1918,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166341555/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 22, 1918|page=8|title=Cal's Comments|author=Calhoun, George Whitney|author-link=George Whitney Calhoun}} {{Open access}} and then towards the end of the month, he defeated Roy Anderson after coming from behind in what George Whitney Calhoun described as having "more thrillers than any other sport seen in this neck of the woods for a long time".{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166341833/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 1, 1918|title=Cal's Comment|author=Calhoun, George Whitney|author-link=George Whitney Calhoun|page=9}} {{Open access}}
Zoll weighed {{convert|197|lb|kg}} by October 1918.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166342446/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 14, 1918|page=6|title=Next Week's Mat Bouts Attracting Lots Of Interest}} {{Open access}} He started training every day in November for his match against Strangler Hill, the "carnival champion" of Davenport, Iowa.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166342616/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 19, 1918|page=3|title=Zoll Works Hard For Battle With "Strangler" Hill}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166342805/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 25, 1918|page=8|title="Strangler" Hill To Joust Zoll In Mat Bout Tonight}} {{Open access}} He defeated Hill, remaining undefeated, in what the Press-Gazette described as one of the best matches ever to have taken place in Green Bay.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166343126/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 26, 1918|page=3|title=Carl Zoll Scores Win In Bout With "Strangler" Hill}} {{Open access}} In December, Zoll again fought Anderson, who had previously been the only person ever to knock him down,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166344201/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 10, 1918|page=5|title=Roy Anderson To Joust Carl Zoll On Monday Night}} {{Open access}} and defeated him; Anderson later declared Zoll to be the best wrestler he ever competed against.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166344089/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 17, 1918|page=3|title=Carl Zoll Beats Roy Anderson In Wrestling Match}} {{Open access}}
==Later career==
File:Carl Zoll first defeat newspaper.jpg article discussing Zoll's first loss in wrestling in 1919.|alt=Newspaper clipping showing the headline "Zoll Meets First Defeat of Career in Exciting Bout"]]
In January 1919, Zoll defeated Cyclone Burns in an hour-long fight.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166345983/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 10, 1919|page=5|title=Zoll Victor Over Cyclone Burns On Turner Hall Mat}} {{Open access}} Later that month, he battled to a draw against Elmer Saunders, as the match was ended after the mat they fought on tore, making it impossible to continue.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166346551/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 6, 1919|page=5|title=Looking 'Em Over|author=Schneider, Val}} {{Open access}} He fought against Saunders in February and was defeated for the first time in his career.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166346807/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 19, 1919|page=8|title=Zoll Meets First Defeat Of Career In Exciting Bout}} {{Open access}} In April, he lost a second time when he was defeated by future world champion Ed Lewis in a bout that lasted half an hour.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166347149/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 21, 1919|page=5|title=Lewis Exhibits Wares To Large Crowd Saturday}} {{Open access}}{{Cite web|url=https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/14429|publisher=National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum|title=Ed Lewis}} The Press-Gazette reported that when Zoll had fought Lewis, the latter predicted Zoll had a bright future as a wrestler.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166358999/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 24, 1926|page=14|title=Mat Fans Pleased With Bout Between Zoll And Plestina}} {{Open access}} However, the Press-Gazette noted that even though Zoll still had a passion for and desire to wrestle, he was expecting to marry shortly and had other responsibilities related to his stone cutting business.
Later, Zoll was trained by former world middleweight champion Jim Barnes and defeated the champion of Appleton, George Gloudemans, in July, which was the second time he had defeated Gloudemans in his career.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166347551/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 12, 1919|page=9|title=Carl Zoll Will Wrestle College City Mat Champ}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-crescent/166347702/|newspaper=The Post-Crescent|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 16, 1919|page=3|title=Zoll Wins Wrestling Bout From Gloudemans}} {{Open access}} He defeated Strangler Hill in September 1919.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166348378/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 24, 1919|page=5|title=Carl Zoll Again Scores Win Over "Strangler" Hill}} {{Open access}} By November, he claimed to have a record of 46–1 and was dubbed the "Wisconsin Wonder" by his manager, Condon.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-weekly/166348627/|newspaper=Toronto Star Weekly|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 22, 1919|page=35|title=Atkins And Eber Both In The Pink|author=Marsh, Lou E.}} {{Open access}} Zoll declared himself to be a future world champion. In December, he fought a rematch against Elmer Saunders, which was declared a draw after neither competitor had fallen after nearly {{frac|3|1|2}} hours of competing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166348931/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 24, 1919|page=9|title=Zoll And Sanders Grapple To Draw Here Last Night}} {{Open access}}
Zoll was noted in the Beaver Dam Argus to be "unquestionably one of the best light heavyweights in the country" in February 1920.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/beaver-dam-argus/166349330/|newspaper=Beaver Dam Argus|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 12, 1920|page=1|title=Championship At Stake}} {{Open access}} He competed against Toney Barnardi, considered the "Italian champion of the world", and battled to a draw in March 1920.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166349948/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 17, 1920|page=9|title=Cutler Wins From Claphaam In Main Bout Last Night}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166350063/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 15, 1920|page=9|title=Jack Linow May Spring Surprise On Cutler Here}} {{Open access}} In April, he was defeated in an upset by Young Romanoff.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-crescent/166351172/|newspaper=The Post-Crescent|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 21, 1920|page=8|title=Zoll Loses Twice To Gary, Ind. Grappler}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166351257/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 22, 1920|page=12|title=Zoll Will Meet Fred Edwards At Armory April 26}} {{Open access}} After the fight, Zoll named Ed White his new manager and announced a relocation to Chicago, Illinois.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/des-moines-tribune/166351659/|newspaper=Des Moines Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 23, 1920|page=15|title=Carl Zoll After Mat Bout With Light Heavies}} {{Open access}} According to the Des Moines Tribune, he was known by the nickname "Flying Dutchman" for "his speed and the way he sails in after his opponents when in action". He challenged Helmer Myre for the World Light Heavyweight Championship in August 1920 but was defeated.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-enterprise/166352026/|newspaper=The Times-Enterprise|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 4, 1920|page=6|title=Helmer Myre Retains His Wrestling Honors}} {{Open access}}
The Post-Crescent noted that by January 1921, Zoll had fought many of the best wrestlers in the U.S. and won most of his fights.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-crescent/166354544/|newspaper=The Post-Crescent|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 8, 1921|page=7|title=Zoll Has Made Splendid Record On Wrestling Mat}} {{Open access}} Later that month, he lost in 47 minutes to Strangler Hill. Against Hill, Zoll fell once and then had to forfeit due to an injury he suffered.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-crescent/166354771/|newspaper=The Post-Crescent|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 14, 1921|page=9|title=Big Crowd Sees Hill Win Fall From Carl Zoll}} {{Open access}} With his loss to Hill, Zoll also lost his claimed title as Wisconsin champion. Three months later, he competed at an annual event held by the United Spanish War Veterans and defeated Beno, a Hindu wrestler.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oshkosh-northwestern/166355182/|newspaper=The Oshkosh Northwestern|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 5, 1921|page=10|agency=Associated Press|title=Zoll Has A Time}} {{Open access}} However, after his loss to Hill, Zoll lost more matches and The Post-Crescent said his name became closely linked with losing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-crescent/166355878/|newspaper=The Post-Crescent|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 13, 1921|page=8|title=And Now We Have Carl Zoll Wrestling Under New Name}} {{Open access}} He began competing under the ring name Carl Anderson and fought against Wladek Zbyszko, whose brother was a world champion, in December 1921, but was defeated.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-crescent/166356067/|newspaper=The Post-Crescent|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 17, 1921|page=7|title=Zoll's New Name Doesn't Help Him}} {{Open access}}
Zoll continued wrestling in 1922 and 1923, including against heavyweight champion Jim Londos in March 1923, a match that he lost.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/168431710/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 12, 1922|page=11|title=Stage Is Set For Wrestling Match Thursday Evening}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166357204/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 16, 1923|page=11|title=Carl Zoll Loses Grappling Clash With Jim Londos}} {{Open access}} After being out of training for an extended period, he returned in February 1925 and fought Nazzareno Pogi, the Italian heavyweight champion, but was defeated.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166358094/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 11, 1925|page=12|title=Poggi To Wrestle Linow, Russ Lion, On Monday Night}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oshkosh-northwestern/166358215/|newspaper=The Oshkosh Northwestern|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 6, 1925|page=8|agency=Associated Press|title=Pogi Throws Zoll}} {{Open access}} Later that year, he began serving as a wrestling coach at the Green Bay YMCA.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166358497/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 25, 1925|page=13|title=Will Coach Wrestling At "Y"}} {{Open access}} He continued to compete occasionally up to 1926.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166358791/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 26, 1926|page=15|title=Big Wayne Faces Monagoff; Carl Zoll Meets Plestina; McCarthy to Tackle Gotch}} {{Open access}}
=Football=
File:The 1919 Green Bay Packers.jpg, featuring Carl Zoll (fifth from the right) and his brother Martin (fourth from the left), went 10–1 during their inaugural season.|alt=Black and white photo of the 1919 Packers in their uniforms]]
In 1918, Zoll started playing with a semi-professional football team in Green Bay, which had gone undefeated by the start of November.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166343004/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 9, 1918|page=10|title=Menominee Plays Green Bay Eleven Sunday Afternoon}} {{Open access}} He played at the position of guard. Zoll and teammate Nate Abrams left the team in November to join the United States Army.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166344786/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 8, 1918|page=8|title=Green Bay Eleven Faces Menominee Sunday Afternoon}} {{Open access}} Upon his return from the Army, Zoll joined the newly-formed Green Bay Packers in 1919, training with the team in the evenings after his afternoon wrestling practices.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166348143/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 9, 1919|page=8|title=Carl Zoll Uses New Methods For Hill Bout Here}} {{Open access}} He was the heaviest player for the Packers in their inaugural season, weighing {{convert|215|lb|kg}} while standing at {{convert|5|ft|9|in}}.{{Cite news|url=https://wausautimes.com/stories/green-bay-falls-in-love-with-football,216005|newspaper=Wausau Times|via=archive.today|title=Green Bay falls in love with football|author=Leonhardt, Kris|date=October 3, 2023|archive-date=February 21, 2025|access-date=March 1, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250221153304/https://wausautimes.com/stories/green-bay-falls-in-love-with-football,216005|url-status=bot: unknown}} The 1919 Packers won their first 10 games before a loss to the Beloit Fairies in the season finale by a score of 6–0.{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1919greenb.html|access-date=February 21, 2025|title=1919 Green Bay Packers|website=Pro Football Archives}} He remained with the Packers in 1920, and after a game in which he received a black eye told the Press-Gazette that "wrestling is tame compared with football".{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166352167/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 27, 1920|page=11|title=Around Green Bay}} {{Open access}} The 1920 Packers compiled a record of {{Win-loss record|w=10|l=1|t=1}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1920grebp.html|website=Pro Football Archives|access-date=February 21, 2025|title=1920 Green Bay Packers}} He returned to the team in 1921, as they became members of the American Professional Football Association (APFA), although he did not appear in any APFA games that season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/47270487/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 11, 1921|page=10|title=Joe Hoeffel Will Help Take Charge Of Packers Squad}} {{Open access}} Zoll remained with the Packers in 1922, as the APFA was renamed to the National Football League (NFL). That season, he played in one game as a backup, in what ended up being his sole appearance in the NFL.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Z/ZollCa20.htm|website=Pro Football Reference|title=Carl Zoll Stats|access-date=February 21, 2025}}
Zoll and his brother Martin were teammates twice: with the Packers and later in 1924 with a team in De Pere, Wisconsin.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166357580/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 17, 1924|page=29|title=De Pere City Team To Play West Allis}} {{Open access}} Each of the three Zoll brothers played only one game for the Packers in the NFL.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Z/ZollMa20.htm|website=Pro Football Reference|title=Martin Zoll Stats|access-date=February 22, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/z/zoll00400.html|website=Pro Football Archives|access-date=February 21, 2025|title=Dick Zoll Stats}}
Later life and death
The Press-Gazette noted in 1969 that when in tight parking spaces, Zoll would lift out his Ford Model T with relative ease: "Old timers still chuckle over his trick ... in fact, they used to hem him in deliberately to watch him do it."{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-jack-rudolph-his/13807278/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 16, 1969|page=4|title=Packers 50 Years Old This Week|author=Rudolph, Jack}} {{Open access}} After his career, Zoll continued coaching wrestling at the local YMCA and also served as a referee.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/166359441/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 28, 1936|page=14|title=Carl Zoll Plans Wrestling Card}} {{Open access}} He also maintained the operation of his family's stone cutting business.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-carl-zoll-obitu/13814486/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 19, 1973|page=16|title=Ex-Packer Zoll Dies}} {{Open access}} In 1949, he was elected the first vice president of the Packers Alumni Association, which was created by former players to advocate for past and current players.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-packer-alumni/20043679/|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 8, 1949|author=Daley, Art|title=Klaus First Prexy of Packer Alumni Group}} {{Open access}} He was a member of the Elks Lodge, serving on the board of trustees, and a member of the Southside Civic Association. He was married to Pearl Zoll, who predeceased him by two years. Zoll died on October 19, 1973, in Green Bay, at the age of 74.
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