[2] Lazetich attended Anaconda High School where he played football and was selected as an all-state tackle three straight years in 1938, 1939 and 1940.

[2] After being discharged from the Navy, Lazetich served as a deputy sheriff in Deer Lodge County, Montana.

[4] After being introduced to Big Ten football in 1944, Lazetich told reporters that "no end or back ever threw a block like a pony that has been running wild for a couple of years, especially when he feels the first touch of a saddle.

"[2] An NEA wire service story reported: "To him the Big Nine schedule can't be as tough as the battering bucking broncs handed out.

1 All-America candidate from the Wolverine camp, so the reports say, but he's only one of a stalwart line which held Illinois speedsters without a score.

In 1946, the Rams moved to Los Angeles, giving California and the Pacific Coast its first major league sports team.

[9] When the Rams moved west, the Los Angeles Times ran an article introducing the city to the team's top players.

[14] However, the Rams were unable to run out the clock, and the Browns kicked a field goal in the game's last minute to win, 30–28.

He was a blithe spirit from Montana who'd played college football at Michigan before joining the Rams in '46 for a five-year stint.

That he lasted that long with the club is remarkable in light of what he pulled at Dan Reeves' Christmas party for the team at the end of the '46 season.

Teammate and Pro Football Hall of Famer Tom Fears later recalled the incident this way:"During the course of predinner libations, someone asked Lazetich to demonstrate his punting prowess.

He ambled out to the kitchen, plucked the football off the top of the fancy cake, brought it out in the front room and drove his toe into it with beautiful form and a perfect follow through.

Prior to the 1948 season, the Los Angeles Times reported on an unspecified medical condition that may prevent him from playing for the team.

[1][21] He was buried with military honors at the Mount Olivet Cemetery after a funeral in Butte's Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church.