Max Fugler
{{Short description|American football player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college football player
| name = Max Fugler
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| school = LSU Tigers
| currentnumber = 51
| currentposition = Center, running back
| pastschools = LSU (1957–1959)
| bowlgames = Sugar Bowl (1958, 1959)
| highschool = Ferriday (LA)
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| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 203
| highlights =
- National champion (1958)
- First-team All-American (1958)
- Third-team All-American (1959)
- First-team All-SEC (1958)
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Max Fugler is a former American football player for the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University. He played center on the 1958 team that won the national championship and the 1959 Sugar Bowl.
High school
Fugler played at Ferriday High School where his team won three straight Class A state championships from 1954–1956 under coach Johnny Robertson.{{Cite web |last=Joey |first=Martin |date=February 6, 2013 |title=Visitation Thursday evening for NSU footballer, La. Sports Hall of Fame coach Red Robertson |url=http://www.nsudemons.com/news/2013/2/6/FB_0206132238.aspx |access-date=February 27, 2016 |website=NSUdemons.com |publisher=Concordia Sentinel}}
College
Fugler began his LSU career as a running back in 1957, seeing limited playing time as he rushed 16 times on the season for 54 yards.{{Cite web |title=Max Fuglar Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/max-fugler-1.html |access-date=February 27, 2016 |website=Sports-Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC}} In 1958 and 1959, Fugler was a part of the "White Team," the starting unit in coach Paul Dietzel's 3-platoon system and played both offense and defense.{{Cite book |url=http://www.lsusports.net/src/data/lsu/assets/docs/fb/pdf/05fbguide158-176.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=5200 |title=2005 LSU Football Media Guide |date=2005 |page=158 |access-date=February 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726015947/http://www.lsusports.net/src/data/lsu/assets/docs/fb/pdf/05fbguide158-176.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=5200 |archive-date=July 26, 2015 |url-status=dead}} He made several key plays and goal-line stands on defense during LSU's championship season in 1958, and blocked for All-SEC backs Billy Cannon, Johnny Robinson, and Warren Rabb on offense.{{Cite book |last=Marty |first=Mul |title=Game of My Life LSU Tigers: Memorable Stories of Tigers Football |date=2013 |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-1613215739 |chapter=11 |access-date=February 27, 2016 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkYtAgAAQBAJ&q=max+fugler&pg=PT93}} He was named an All-American in 1958 by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), and an All-SEC selection by United Press International (UPI).{{Cite web |editor-last=Ted Gangi |title=FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team |url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf |access-date=February 27, 2016 |page=16}}{{Cite news |date=December 2, 1958 |title=Heckman, Fleming of Florida Picked On UPI All-SEC Team |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19581202&id=4HgcAAAAIBAJ&pg=4702,338855&hl=en}}
References
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Category:LSU Tigers football players
Category:Players of American football from Louisiana