Al Wistert

Games played:	95
Games started:	84
Fumble recoveries:	8

Al Wistert
No. 70
Position:	Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	December 28, 1920; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died:	March 5, 2016 (aged 95); Grants Pass, Oregon, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school:	Carl Schurz ; (Chicago, Illinois)
College:	Michigan (1940–1942)
NFL draft:	1943 / Round: 5 / Pick: 32
Career history
	Steagles (1943); Philadelphia Eagles (1944–1951);
Career highlights and awards
	2× NFL champion (1948, 1949); 4× First-team All-Pro (1944–1947); Pro Bowl (1950); NFL 1940s All-Decade Team; Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame; Philadelphia Eagles No. 70 retired; Consensus All-American (1942); Second-team All-American (1941); First-team All-Big Ten (1942); 2× Second-team All-Big Ten (1940, 1941); Michigan Wolverines No. 11 retired;
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	95
Games started:	84
Fumble recoveries:	8
	Player stats at PFR
	College Football Hall of Fame

Albert Alexander "Ox" Wistert (December 28, 1920 – March 5, 2016) was an American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played his entire nine-year NFL career for the Eagles and became their team captain. He was named to play in the NFL's first Pro Bowl as an Eagle. During most of Wistert's career there were no football All-star games, although he was named to the league All-Pro team four times.^[1]

Wistert played college football for the Michigan Wolverines. He is one of the three brothers—along with Whitey and Alvin—who were named All-American tackles at Michigan and later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was the first Michigan alumnus to be selected to the Pro Bowl.^[2] The Wistert brothers all wore jersey No. 11 at Michigan and are among the seven players who have had their numbers retired by the Michigan Wolverines football program. Their number will be put back into circulation starting on November 10, 2012, before a Michigan home game against the Northwestern Wildcats as part of the Michigan Football Legend program.^[3] The Legends program was discontinued in July 2015, and the numbers again permanently retired.^[4]^[5]

^ "Al Wistert". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 25, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
^ "University of Michigan Football NFL Pro Bowl Participants". Regents of the University of Michigan. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
^ "Ford Named Michigan Football Legend; Morgan to Wear No. 48 Jersey - MGOBLUE.COM - University of Michigan Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
^ "Michigan officially ditches Legends jersey program, will retire six numbers in November". M Live. July 28, 2015. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
^ "Michigan Football Retired Jerseys". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. November 28, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.

[Pro_Football_Reference-1] "Al Wistert". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 25, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2019.

[2] "University of Michigan Football NFL Pro Bowl Participants". Regents of the University of Michigan. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2007.

[3] "Ford Named Michigan Football Legend; Morgan to Wear No. 48 Jersey - MGOBLUE.COM - University of Michigan Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012.

[4] "Michigan officially ditches Legends jersey program, will retire six numbers in November". M Live. July 28, 2015. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.

[5] "Michigan Football Retired Jerseys". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. November 28, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.

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