RIP
Condolences to family and friends of Bill Fralic.
Amazing player, great man. RIP.
“I was a substitute teacher when Billy was in middle school,” said Neil Gordon, the former head coach at Penn Hills who was an assistant coach when Fralic played. “When he sat in his desk, the legs of the desk didn’t hit the ground. They had to get a desk from the high school for him. He wasn’t the cut-up Adonis at the time, but he was a giant. Everything about him was big.”
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Last week, Fralic covered the Penn Hills football team’s hotel costs for an early arrival into Hershey for the PIAA 5A championship.
Wow, hadn’t even heard he was sick. Bill Fralic was a great player and when you heard him talk you felt like he was a great man as well. The stories in this article confirms it. He protected Danny Marino for a number of years at Pitt, RIP Bill. You went way too early....
RIP.
Hail to Bill Fralic! R.I.P.
Hail to Pitt!
I remember when he was part of WrestleMania. He played at a time when linemen had much more athletic bodies not the sumo wrestling physiques one sees today. He played at around 280 lbs. which would be considered underweight in today’s football.
Fantastic player, great human being, died too young.
I watched him as a high school player and anyone could see his gifts and work ethic were unmatched.
RIP