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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| position1 = End,
Tackle

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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

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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.]]

Voss died in 1975.{{cite news|title=Walter C. Voss death notice|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=December 18, 1975|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15839160/walter_c_voss_death_notice/}}

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