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RIPOne of the 5 greatest Panthers has passed.
Bill Fralic passed away today. 56 years, too young.
RIP. May his memory be eternal...One of the 5 greatest Panthers has passed.
Bill Fralic passed away today. 56 years, too young.
One of the 5 greatest Panthers has passed.
Bill Fralic passed away today. 56 years, too young.
He was sick. Not sure exactly how long.That's too bad. Was he sick?
He was sick. Not sure exactly how long.
My memories of him-
-spitting on an opposing olineman in hs
-standing in the tunnel demoralized after being summoned back out when psu kicked a 16-16 tie fg where pitt thoroughly dominated including at least 20 pancakes by Fralic.
RIP
Damn. When the word immortal is mouthed, 2 guys that come to mind is Bill Fralic and mike Ditka. Unfortunately we all must go.Yeah it was cancer. I think he was getting treatments at MD Anderson in Houston, I know the family has really kept it quiet. But you can tell with Bill missing the HOF induction and things like the ACC Champ game, he obviously was not doing well. I don't think any of us wanted to see a frail Bill Fralic anyways......
Sad news. Rest in Peace.One of the 5 greatest Panthers has passed.
Bill Fralic passed away today. 56 years, too young.
Besides being a dominant force on both sides of the ball in HS, he was the dirtiest player that I ever played against.my recollection is a little different but close. The PSU game I thought was 24-24 in 1983. Pitt had the game won....interception that would have sealed it sailed out of the Pitt DB's hands.
The HS incident that I knew about was against PCC. Penn Hills totally crushed PCC and at the post game handshake the PCC star linebacker said nice game to Fralic and Fralic spit on him and a brawl ensued.
Besides being a dominant force on both sides of the ball in HS, he was the dirtiest player that I ever played against.
All game long, he kicked our OT and DT and LB a$$es, and gave them eye gouge marks to go along with a sore backside. He and our star LB were going at it all game long until it boiled over in the post game handshake. Big brawl at the 50. Final score was PH 27 CCHS 0.
He was a pretty good heavyweight wrestler in HS too. Not sure how far he advanced in WPIALs.
He was special, played against him with terrible results. 56 is wayyyyy to young. sad day for Pitt and Pittsburgh.Man, he was the swagger that this program had back then. I remember the stands packed when Penn Hills came to play us in High School. He was a friggin linemen for pete's sake and he was a legend and drew crowds.
It sucked, my alma mater (Highlands) had some pretty damn good teams in that era, but we were stuck in the same conference as Penn Hills, Central and Gateway.Besides being a dominant force on both sides of the ball in HS, he was the dirtiest player that I ever played against.
All game long, he kicked our OT and DT and LB a$$es, and gave them eye gouge marks to go along with a sore backside. He and our star LB were going at it all game long until it boiled over in the post game handshake. Big brawl at the 50. Final score was PH 27 CCHS 0.
He was a pretty good heavyweight wrestler in HS too. Not sure how far he advanced in WPIALs.
I went to Plum graduation in 84... they won the WPIAL that year... I remember earlier as a student at Plum Fralic was a legend at Penn Hills and there was buzz at Plum constantly... everyone knew of himIt sucked, my alma mater (Highlands) had some pretty damn good teams in that era, but we were stuck in the same conference as Penn Hills, Central and Gateway.
Think about it.......you had 3 straight years a #1 draft pick came out of that 8 team, WPIAL AAA (I think it was West Penn?) Conference in Marino, Fralic and Buczkowski from Gateway. There are literally 1000's of HS football conferences.....how strong was that conference back then? Even Plum and McKeesport were good.
I went to Plum graduation in 84... they won the WPIAL that year... I remember earlier as a student at Plum Fralic was a legend at Penn Hills and there was buzz at Plum constantly... everyone knew of him