Chuck Ulrich

{{Short description|American football player (1929–2006)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Chuck Ulrich

| image = Chuck Ulrich - 1952 Bowman Large.jpg

| caption = Ulrich on a 1952 Bowman football card

| number = 72

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|12|14}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|04|10|1929|12|14}}

| death_place = Beaufort, South Carolina, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 250

| high_school = Fenger Academy (Chicago)

| college = Illinois

| draftyear = 1952

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 41

| pastteams =

• Chicago Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1954|1958}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1951)
• First-team All-Big Ten (1951)

| statlabel1 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue1 = 6

| pfr = UlriCh20

}}

Charles Ulrich Jr. (December 14, 1929 – April 10, 2006) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for five seasons with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) from 1954 to 1958.{{cite news |title=Chuck Ulrich Joins Chicago Cardinals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/belleville-daily-advocate-chuck-ulrich-j/173819354/ |access-date=4 June 2025 |work=Belleville Daily Advocate |agency=Associated Press |date=30 April 1952 |page=1 |department=Section Two |location=Belleville, Illinois |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Chuck Ulrich Signs 1955 Grid Contract |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/belleville-daily-advocate-chuck-ulrich-s/173819504/ |access-date=4 June 2025 |work=Belleville Daily Advocate |agency=Associated Press |date=8 June 1955 |page=1 |department=Section Two |location=Belleville, Illinois |via=Newspapers.com}}

Ulrich played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini, who defeated Stanford 40–7 in the 1952 Rose Bowl to stake a claim for the national championship.{{cite news |title="Chuck" Ulrich To Be Honored At Illini Dinner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/suburbanite-economist-chuck-ulrich-to/173819817/ |access-date=4 June 2025 |work=Suburbanite Economist |date=23 January 1952 |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=1 |department=South End Reporter |via=Newspapers.com}} He attended Fenger High School in Chicago.

After his football career, Ulrich was a physical education teacher at Joseph Warren Elementary School in Chicago during the 1960s.

He is a member of the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame.