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| Date of birth: | October 31, 1962 |
| Place of birth: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Career information | |
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| Position(s): | Offensive guard |
| College: | Pittsburgh |
| NFL Draft: | 1985 / Round: 1/ Pick 2 |
| Organizations | |
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| 1985-1992 1993 |
Atlanta Falcons Detroit Lions |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Pro Bowls: | 4 |
| Honors: | 1984 UPI Lineman of the Year NFL 1980s All-Decade Team |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
William (Bill) P. Fralic, Jr. (born October 31, 1962, in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania) is a former professional American football offensive guard in the NFL.
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Early Years
Bill Fralic played football at Penn Hills (Pa.) High School. Readers of the Pennsylvania Football News named him to the "All Century" team of Pennsylvania high school football players. He is listed beside Chuck Bednarik and Mike Munchak as a first team offensive lineman.
College
After high school, Fralic attended the University of Pittsburgh on a football scholarship. While at Pitt he played offensive tackle and was named a consensus All-American his junior and senior seasons.
NFL career
In the 1985 NFL Draft, Fralic was selected by the Atlanta Falcons with the second overall pick. He became a starter for the Falcons at offensive guard during his rookie season. He went on to be named All-Pro in 1986 & 1987, and was named to the Pro Bowl from 1986 to 1989. During this time, the 6'5", 280 lbs. Fralic developed a reputation as a ferocious run blocker.
At the end of his NFL career, he was one of the first players to take advantage of the new free agent system and jumped from the Atlanta Falcons to the Detroit Lions, almost doubling his pay to $1.6 million for the 1993 season.
Life Outside the NFL
Bill Fralic is well known for wrestling in "WrestleMania 2".
Fralic served as a color commentator for Falcons radio broadcasts from 1995-97, and currently performs the same role for Pittsburgh Panthers football broadcasts.
In Atlanta, Fralic runs Bill Fralic Insurance Services, which he began during his playing days with the Falcons.
Steroids
During his NFL career, Fralic publicly opposed the use of steroids by NFL players and advocated more rigorous and more random testing to detect steroid use. In May 1989 he testified before the U.S. Senate that steroid use in the NFL was rampant. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, was said to have found Fralic's testimony "refreshing and believable".
External links
- The Pennsylvania Football News All-Century Team Retrieved 2009-05-01.
- 'We Can Clean It Up' Atlanta Falcon Bill Fralic is making it his business to rid the NFL of steroids Retrieved 2009-05-01.
- Perils Of A New Era Retrieved 2009-05-01.
- Fralic not surprised by recent allegations Retrieved 2009-05-01.
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