Tillie Voss
{{Short description|American football player (1897–1975)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|3|28}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|12|14|1897|3|28}}
| death_place = Stuart, Florida
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| college = Detroit Mercy
| playing_years1 = 1921
| playing_team1 = Detroit Tigers
| playing_years2 = 1921
| playing_team2 = Buffalo All-Americans
| playing_years3 = 1922
| playing_team3 = Rock Island Independents
| playing_years4 = 1922
| playing_team4 = Akron Pros
| playing_years5 = 1923
| playing_team5 = Toledo Maroons
| playing_years6 = 1924
| playing_team6 = Green Bay Packers
| playing_years7 = 1925
| playing_team7 = Detroit Panthers
| playing_years8 = 1926
| playing_team8 = New York Giants
| playing_years9 = 1927–1928
| playing_team9 = Chicago Bears
| playing_years10 = 1929
| playing_team10 = Dayton Triangles
| playing_years11 = 1929
| playing_team11 = Buffalo Bisons
| career_highlights =
- Second-team All-Pro (1922)
- Third-team All-American (1920)
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Walter Clarence "Tillie" Voss (March 28, 1897 – December 14, 1975) was an American football End and tackle who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL).{{cite web|title=Tillie Voss|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=December 17, 2017|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/V/VossTi20.htm}} During his time with the Green Bay Packers, Voss, along with Frank Hanny of the Chicago Bears became the first players in league history to be ejected from a game after exchanging punches.{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxsportswisconsin.com/01/21/11/History-is-special-between-old-rivals/landing.html?blockID=395657|title=Wisconsin|access-date=2012-07-17|archive-date=2021-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503215448/https://www.foxsports.com/wisconsin|url-status=dead}}
File:Sternaman-Joe-291013.jpg when faced with a body-block and the interference of fullback Red Grange, October 1929.]]
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|11343267}}
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Category:American football ends
Category:American football tackles
Category:Buffalo All-Americans players
Category:Buffalo Bisons (NFL) players
Category:Chicago Bears players
Category:Dayton Triangles players
Category:Detroit Panthers players
Category:Detroit Tigers (NFL) players
Category:Detroit Titans football players
Category:Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball players
Category:Green Bay Packers players
Category:New York Giants players
Category:Rock Island Independents players
Category:Toledo Maroons players
Category:Players of American football from Detroit
Category:University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy alumni
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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