Ed Sustersic

Sustersic grew up in Cleveland and attended John Marshall High School, where he played football and won a city championship in wrestling before graduating in 1941. He continued to wrestle and play football at the Findlay College in Findlay, Ohio, and won the Ohio Amateur Athletic Union heavyweight wrestling championship. He left Findlay early in his college career, however, to serve in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was named a first-team All-Ohio fullback by the Associated Press after the 1947 season. He graduated in 1948. ==Professional career==

Sustersic signed to play for the Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in 1949. Sustersic scored two touchdowns in a pre-season game against the Chicago Hornets, but saw little action during the season. Led by an offense that featured Motley, quarterback Otto Graham and ends Dante Lavelli and Mac Speedie, team won the AAFC championship that year. Sustersic finished the season with 114 rushing yards on 23 carries and a touchdown. ==Later life and death==

Sustersic retired from football after the 1949 season. After stints as an assistant coach at Findlay, Sidney High School and Elyria Catholic High School, he was named the head football coach at St. Mary's School in Sandusky, Ohio in 1954, and stayed in that position for four years. He returned to football in 1965, however, as Brecksville's line coach. ==References==