Fritz was born on July 15, 1882, in Sandy Run, South Carolina, to Wade Hampton Furtick and Narcissa Ellen Saylor.

Furtick made Clemson's second score in the 1903 game with Cumberland billed as the championship of the South which ended in an 11–11 tie.

Cumberland had expected a trick play, when Furtick simply ran up the middle he scored.

[3] The referee of the Tennessee clash which ended in a tie, Frank Watkins, said "Furtick was as good bucking halfback as he had ever seen.

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