Dennis Fitzgerald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dennis Fitzgerald

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1936

Place of Birth: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 14-Jan-2001

Profession: American football player, amateur wrestler

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Joseph Dennis Fitzgerald (March 13, 1936 – January 14, 2001) was an American freestyle wrestler and football player and coach.
Fitzgerald played college football as a halfback at the University of Michigan and was selected as named the most valuable player on the 1960 Michigan Wolverines football team.
He holds the University of Michigan record for the longest kickoff return at 99 yards.
Fitzgerald also competed as a wrestler, winning Big Ten Conference championships in 1960 and 1961 and winning a gold medal representing the United States as the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo. Fitzgerald spent more than 35 years working as a football coach for several university and professional football teams.
He held assistant coaching positions at, among others, the University of Michigan, University of Kentucky, Syracuse University, Tulane University and Grand Valley State University.
He was the head football coach at Kent State University from 1975 to 1977 and spent seven years (1982–1988) as an assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers under head coach Chuck Noll.
His final coaching position was as the defensive coordinator for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League.