Tillie Voss

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Walter Clarence "Tillie" Voss (March 28, 1897 – December 14, 1975) was an American professional football and basketball player. An end and tackle in football, and a center and forward in basketball, he played for record 10 National Football League (NFL) teams (tied with Shayne Graham) along with seven teams in the American Basketball League (ABL). A native of Detroit, Michigan, Voss was a top athlete in high school and college, where he competed in four sports for the University of Detroit: football, basketball, baseball, and track and field. He captained both the football and basketball teams and starred in both sports, earning first-team All-American honors in football and All-Western honors in basketball. Voss concluded his collegiate career as Detroit basketball's all-time leading scorer. Considered, at the peak of his career, both one of the greatest ends in football and one of the best centers in basketball, Voss played many seasons professionally in both sports. In football, Voss played in the NFL for nine seasons, being a member of the Detroit Tigers (1921), Buffalo All-Americans (1921), Rock Island Independents (1922), Akron Pros (1922), Toledo Maroons (1923), Green Bay Pa

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