Fred Mautino

{{short description|American football player (born 1936)}}

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| name = Fred Mautino

| image = Fred Mautino 1961.jpg

| caption = Mautino with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1961

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| position = End

| birth_date = November 7, 1936

| birth_place = Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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| weight_lbs = 194

| high_school = Staunton (VA) Military Academy

| college = Syracuse

| draftyear = 1961

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 59

| afldraftyear = 1961

| afldraftround = 7

| afldraftpick = 54

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• National champion (1959)
• First-team All-American (1959)
• Third-team All-American (1960)
• 2× First-team All-Eastern (1959, 1960)

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Frederick J. Mautino (born November 7, 1936) was an American football player.

A native of Reading, Pennsylvania, Mautino attended Reading Senior High School and Staunton Military Academy.{{cite news|title=Seven to join Berks Football Coaches Hall of Fame|newspaper=Reading Eagle|date=May 25, 2008|page=D2|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=20080525&id=wwYvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jaIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1221,4659174}} He then played college football at the end position for Syracuse. He helped lead the 1959 Syracuse Orangemen football team to the school's only national championship.

Prior to the 1960 Cotton Bowl, Mautino proclaimed the 1959 Orangemen "the greatest college team of all time."{{cite news|title='We're the Greatest', Fred Mautino Says|newspaper=Reading Eagle (UPI story)|date=January 1, 1960|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19600101&id=mA4rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q5sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4056,167273}} He was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on its 1959 College Football All-America Team.{{cite news|title=McDonald Lone All American Hold Over|work=Fergus Falls Daily Journal|location=Minnesota|date=1956-12-07}} He was also selected at the 1959 athlete of the year for Berks County, Pennsylvania.{{cite news|title=BCOA Honors Pair of Cotton Bowl Veterans: Fred Mautino Named Top Athlete|newspaper=Reading Eagle|date=February 19, 1960|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19600219&id=Pg8rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0JsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4123,493512}}

As a senior in 1960, he was selected as a third-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association and the United Press International.{{cite web|title=State's Gabriel and Moorman of Duke On 2nd All-America|newspaper=The Dispatch, Lexington, NC|page=8|date=November 23, 1960|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19601107&id=FjUgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X1EEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7077,1337484}}{{cite news|title=Bellino, Ditka and Davis Awarded 1st Team Spots|author=Leo H. Peterson|newspaper=Reading Eagle|date=November 30, 1960|page=54|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19601130&id=LxIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YpwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4078,7072664}}