Dave Zuidmulder
{{Short description|American football player (1906–1978)}}
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| position = Tailback
| number = 12, 10, 41
| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|02|04}}
| birth_place = New Franken, Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|06|08|1906|02|04}}
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs = 175
| high_school = Green Bay (WI) East
| college = Georgetown
| pastteams =
- Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1929|1931}})
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 7
| statlabel2 = Games started
| statvalue2 = 1
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David C. Zuidmulder (February 4, 1906 – June 8, 1978) was an American football player.
Biography
David Zuidmulder was born on February 4, 1906, in New Franken, Wisconsin.{{cite web| url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Z/ZuidDa20.htm| title = Dave Zuidmulder Stats {{!}} Pro-Football-Reference.com| website = Pro-Football-Reference.com}} After playing football and baseball, he was appointed head of the Green Bay fire department in 1955 after having served on the force since 1934.{{cite news|title=Green Bay Group Named Zuidmulder as New Fire Chief |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1576937/dave_zuidmulder_19061978/|newspaper=Oshkosh Daily Northwestern|date=August 3, 1955|page=22|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = January 15, 2015 }} {{Open access}} He died on June 8, 1978.
Athletics career
Zuidmulder was a star football player for East Green Bay High School.{{cite news|title=Zuidmulder Is Star as Champs Trounce Locals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1576826/dave_zuidmulder_19061978/|newspaper=The Post-Crescent|date=November 2, 1925|page=12|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = January 15, 2015 }} {{Open access}} He played at the collegiate level at Georgetown University and St. Ambrose University. After this he became a tailback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers from 1929 to 1931. Zuidmulder was also a semi-professional baseball player for the Green Bay Green Sox,{{cite news|title=Errors Costly as Sox Defeat Manitowoc Club: Dave Zuidmulder Drives in Five Runs For Bays; Schoepke Hit Hard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1576903/dave_zuidmulder_19061978/|newspaper=Manitowoc Herald-Times|date=June 6, 1938|page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = January 15, 2015 }} {{Open access}}"Zuidmulder to Coach at Central Catholic." 1944. The Milwaukee Journal (23 July): 6. and he was an athletics coach at Central Catholic High School in Green Bay from 1944 to 1945.
References
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External links
{{Find a Grave|120495034|David C. Zuidmulder}}
{{1929 Green Bay Packers}}
{{1930 Green Bay Packers}}
{{1931 Green Bay Packers}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Brown County, Wisconsin
Category:Players of American football from Wisconsin
Category:American football halfbacks
Category:Georgetown Hoyas football players
Category:St. Ambrose Fighting Bees football players
Category:Green Bay Packers players
Category:Green Bay East High School alumni
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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