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Harry Seltzer

American football fullback

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ98760993 ↗
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Harry Seltzer (March 26, 1919 – July 13, 1990) was an American football player.

A native of Philadelphia, Seltzer played college football at West Philadelphia High School, Brown Prep, and Morris Harvey.

He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a fullback for the Detroit Lions. He appeared in six NFL games, one as a starter, during the 1942 season.

He died in 1990 at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey, at age 71.

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The public source identifies “Harry Seltzer” as american football fullback. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Harry, Seltzer and American.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1919, 1990, 1942—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1919-03-26. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Harry, Seltzer and American providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q98760993. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1919, 1990 and 1942.

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This entry incorporates text from “Harry Seltzer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.