// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Forrest Burmeister? A tree-mendous guy.
| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard/Tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 18, 1913 Stockton, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | December 5, 1997 (aged 84) Wilton, Iowa, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Purdue |
| Career history | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Forrest Barth Burmeister (August 18, 1913 – December 5, 1997) was an American football player who spent two years in the National Football League (NFL).
Burmeister was born in Stockton, Iowa, the son of Edward Paul Burmeister and Phylora Bohnsock Burmeister.[1][2] He played football at Davenport High School and Purdue University.[3] He worked at iron foundries as a young man. He was a member of the Cleveland Rams in the 1937 and 1938 seasons.[4]
Burmeister married teacher Arloine Arp in 1940.[1] They had four sons.[5] He died in 1997, at the age of 84, at a care center in Wilton, Iowa.[6] His son Leon F. Burmeister was a professor of biostatistics at the University of Iowa.[7] One of Burmeister's grandsons is sportscaster Paul Burmeister.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Miss Arp and Forrest Burmeister Wed at St. Mark's Church Sunday". The Daily Times. September 9, 1940. p. 7. Retrieved August 1, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Forrest Burmeister Reported Recovering". The Muscatine Journal. April 24, 1935. p. 3. Retrieved August 1, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Purdue Player Visits Relatives; Forrest Burmeister, Tackle on University Eleven, Stops at Stockton". The Muscatine Journal. November 13, 1934. p. 3. Retrieved August 1, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Forrest Burmeister to Join Cleveland 11 at Training Site". Quad-City Times. August 1, 1937. p. 32. Retrieved August 1, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Forrest Burmeisters". Quad-City Times. September 8, 1965. p. 9. Retrieved August 1, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Forrest Burmeister". The Muscatine Journal. December 8, 1997. p. 5. Retrieved August 1, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Pitkin, Roy M.; Scott, James R. (January 2015). "A Tribute to Leon F. Burmeister, PhD (1941–2014)". Obstetrics & Gynecology. 125 (1): 1. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000000626. ISSN 0029-7844.
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