Rudoph F. "Rudy" or "Rosy" Rosatti (September 12, 1895 – July 9, 1975) was an American football

American football

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 player. Rosatti was a native of Norway

Norway, Michigan

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 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He played football at North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University

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 and Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University

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 before enrolling at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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. In 1922, he played tackle

Tackle (American football)

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 for the Michigan Wolverines football

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 team. He later played professional football for the Cleveland Indians

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, Green Bay Packers

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, and New York Giants

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 from 1923 to 1928. Rosatti worked for the Michigan State Highway Department for 32 years from 1933 to 1965 and retired as the chief of highway maintenance for the western half of the Upper Peninsula. In December 1933, Rosatti fatally shot James Contratta with a rifle at a road building camp 40 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Sault Ste. Marie is a city in and the county seat of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the north-eastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canadian border, separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River...

. Rosatti was released after the coroner determined the shooting to have been accidental. Rosatti died in 1975 at age 78 at his home in his hometown of Norway, Michigan.