LARRY A. FRITZ

Athlete, North Penn High School, 1971

6 Varsity Letters: 3 Baseball, 2 Football, 1 Basketball
1968 Member of Bux-Mont Championship Football Team
1969 Member of Bux-Mont Championship Baseball Team
1970 NPHS Football Tri-Captain
1971 NPHS Baseball Co-Captain
1970 &1971 NPHS Leading Pitcher Award
1970 All Bux-Mont 2nd Team Pitcher
1971 Honorable Mention Baseball Pitcher
1971 NPHS Basketball Co-Captain
1971 Montgomery County Triangle Club Scholar-Athlete Award
Varsity Athlete Temple University Football & Baseball
Member of the Temple University Football Triple “T” Club
Graduated Temple University, B. S. in Education, 1976
Inducted 2012

Larry was a three sport athlete at North Penn High School where he participated in baseball, football, and basketball. He received 3 varsity letters in baseball, 2 in football, and 1 in basketball.

During his sophomore year, Larry was the back-up quarterback on the football team, which went on to win the 1968 Bux-Mont Championship and was a starting pitcher on the baseball team, which went on to win the 1969 Bux-Mont Championship. Larry’s junior year he was the starting quarterback on the football team and a starting pitcher on the baseball team, where he would earn 2nd team All Bux-Mont honors and the North Penn High School leading pitcher award. Larry’s senior year he was the starting quarterback in football and a starting pitcher in baseball, where he would earn Honorable Mention All Bux-Mont in baseball and the NPHS leading pitcher award. At the end of his baseball career at NPHS, Larry had a career record of 17 – 8, with 194 strikeouts in 192 innings, and a 1.93 ERA. In football Larry was awarded the Central Montgomery County Triangle Club Scholar-Athlete Award. During his senior year Larry was voted a captain of the football, baseball, and basketball teams.

After a successful career at NPHS, Larry received a football scholarship to Temple University. Larry participated in football at Temple from 1971 thru the 1974 season when Temple had a combined record of 28-9-1. While at Temple Larry earned 3 varsity letters for football and is a member of the Temple University Football Triple T Club. In 1974 Larry decided to play baseball and was a starting pitcher in baseball from 1974 thru 1976, when Temple won the ECC Championship, participated in the NCAA playoffs in both 1975 & 1976 and ended up ranked 22nd and 16th in the nation respectively. Larry earned 2 varsity letters at Temple for baseball.

After graduation from Temple, Larry has been employed by Westinghouse Electric Company where he is an Engineering Project Manager responsible for the design and development of electronic systems installed in Nuclear Power Plants. In the summer of 1998, Larry worked with a group of parents to establish a football team for the local high school, for which he is currently the offensive coordinator. Larry and his wife Rena, of 35 years, have two sons Eric and Mark and reside in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.