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Position: | Offensive guard |
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Born: | March 30, 1965 Kittanning, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died: | June 11, 2008 Kittanning, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 43)
Career information | |
College: | Penn State |
Undrafted: | 1987 |
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Paul Mitchael Frerotte (March 30, 1965 – June 11, 2008) was an American professional football player who played as a guard for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL), all with the Buffalo Bills.
Frerotte is perhaps best known for scoring three touchdowns during the 1992 NFL season, [1] a record for an offensive lineman. [2]
Frerotte played in three Super Bowls: XXV, XXVI, and XXVII. He attended Kittanning High School and Penn State University. [3]
Known as "Pit Bull" by his Bills teammates, Frerotte often wore an elaborate mask of eye black during games. [2] He was a well-known Harley-Davidson enthusiast, who once threatened ESPN's Joe Theismann with bodily harm after he mounted Frerotte's motorcycle without permission. [4]
Frerotte is the cousin of NFL quarterback Gus Frerotte. Mitch died from a massive heart attack at his mother's home on June 11, 2008. The coroner's report attributed his death to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic heart condition which the American Heart Association calls the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes. [5]