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Born: | Calumet, Michigan, U.S. | December 10, 1901
Died: | December 11, 1959 Lansing, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 58)
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: |
Western ( Detroit, Michigan) |
College: | Detroit |
Position: | Offensive tackle |
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Ludwig Aloysius "Rip" Bachor (December 10, 1901 – December 11, 1959) was an American football player.
Bachor was born in Calumet, Michigan, in 1901. He attended Western High School in Detroit before enrolling at the University of Detroit. [1] He played college football at the tackle position for the Detroit Titans football team from 1923 to 1926. [1] He was selected by Herbert Reed as a first-team player on the 1925 College Football All-America Team. [2] He was elected president of the school's "D" club in 1926. [3]
Bachor also played in the National Football League for the Detroit Wolverines during the 1928 NFL season. [4]
After his football career, Bachor received a law degree from the University of Detroit in 1927. He worked as prosecutor and later an employment manager for the Utica-Bend Corporation, a labor relations executive with Studebaker-Packar, and finally in the legal department of the Michigan highway department. He died of a heart attack in 1959 at age 58 at his home in Lansing, Michigan. [5] [6]