Fred Mazurek
{{Short description|American football player (born 1943)}}
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{{Infobox gridiron football person
| image = Fred Mazurek, 1964.png
| caption = A 1964 illustration of Mazurek
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|3|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Uniontown, Pennsylvania
| College = Pittsburgh
| number = 20
| Position = Flanker
| playing_years1 = 1965–1966
| playing_team1 = Washington Redskins
| DatabaseFootball = MAZURFRE01
| PFR = MazuFr00
| NFL = MAZ237308
}}
Frederick Henry Mazurek (born March 21, 1943) is a former American football flanker in the National Football League. He played for the Washington Redskins.
Biography
Mazurek received a scholarship from the University of Pittsburgh and played as the starting quarterback for the Pitt Panthers from 1961 to 1965. Competing for the national championship in 1963 against Navy, he and his team lost 7 to 6 during a game in which Roger Staubach quarterbacked for the Navy team.
Mazurek also played baseball, and was an All-American center fielder for the baseball team at the University of Pittsburgh.{{cite news |title=Pitt's Mazurek Back of Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59287960/fred-mazurek/ |access-date=September 14, 2020 |publisher=Sioux City Journal |date=November 7, 1963}}
Personal life
Mazurek's younger sister Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk is dean of the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University.{{cite web |last1=Mattson |first1=James E. |title=Bernadette Melnyk: Coal miner's daughter (Part One) |url=https://nursingcentered.sigmanursing.org/features/more-features/bernadette-melnyk-coal-miner-s-daughter-(part-one) |website=nursingcentered.sigmanursing.org |access-date=September 14, 2020 |date=October 19, 2011}}
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Category:American football wide receivers
Category:American people of Polish descent
Category:Sportspeople from Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Category:Players of American football from Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Category:Pittsburgh Panthers baseball players