In the late 1930s, Fritz attended Vanderbilt University, where he played on the football team as a guard.
A World War II veteran, he enlisted in the Army Air Force shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and served as a B-17 mechanic.
He served overseas in the United States military before enrolling again in college, this time at the University of Maryland.
[3][4] At Maryland, Fritz was a member of the Delta Phi chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity.
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