Francis Michael "Whitey" Wistert (February 20, 1912 – April 23, 1985) was an American football and baseball player.

[10] At the time of the 1930 United States Census, Wistert's family continued to live at 5647 Waveland Avenue in Chicago.

[11] After graduating from Chicago's Schurz High School in 1929,[12][13] Wistert attended the University of Michigan where he was a star athlete in both football and baseball from 1931 to 1933.

[15] Their father was a Spanish–American War veteran who was later killed in the line of duty while working for the Chicago Police Department.

"[14] As a football player, Wistert played for consecutive undefeated national championship teams in 1932 and 1933[16][17] and was a consensus All-American in 1933.

[18] The 1934 University of Michigan yearbook, the Michiganensian, included the following quote from Grantland Rice: "Wistert was unanimously selected as the best tackle in the Middle-West this year.

"[19] Wistert and Chuck Bernard were the leaders of the 1933 offensive line when the team went 7–0–1 with a tie to the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

[21] Wistert also earned varsity letters in baseball three years and was selected as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference in 1934.

[22] The 1934 Michiganensian yearbook reports that the final game of the baseball season was a 4–0 shutout by Wistert against the University of Chicago Maroons.

[18] In 1981, he was named to the University of Michigan Hall of Honor in the fourth class of inductees alongside his brothers.

The only career earned run he ever allowed came off the bat of a 17-year old phenom who was also a Chicago Public Schools alum in Phil Cavarretta of his hometown Chicago Cubs, who hit his first career home run in the 2nd inning of a 1–0 Reds loss.

[13] Fellow 1933 Michigan Wolverines football All-American, Ted Petoskey also debuted for the Reds in September 1934.