Frerotte is perhaps best known for scoring three touchdowns during the 1992 NFL season,[1] a record for an offensive lineman.
[3] Known as "Pit Bull" by his Bills teammates, Frerotte often wore an elaborate mask of eye black during games.
[2] He was a well-known Harley-Davidson enthusiast, who once threatened ESPN's Joe Theismann with bodily harm after he mounted Frerotte's motorcycle without permission.
Mitch died from a massive heart attack at his mother's home on June 11, 2008.
The coroner's report attributed his death to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic heart condition which the American Heart Association calls the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes.