Rudy Tersch

Rudolph James Tersch (November 20, 1894 – February 6, 1970) was an American football player, baseball coach, and deputy fire chief. He played professional football for the Minneapolis Marines of the National Football League (NFL) from 1921 to 1923. He served in the Minneapolis Fire Department from 1917 to 1959, retiring as first deputy chief.

Early life Tersch was born in Minneapolis in 1894. He joined the Minneapolis Fire Department in 1917 at age 23.

Later life Tersch He also returned to the Navy for three-and-a-half years during World War II, serving as a fire marshal in Japan and Pearl Harbor. In 1959, he was promoted from second deputy to first deputy chief of the Minneapolis Fire Department. He retired in November 1959 at age 65.

Tersch died in 1970 at Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis at age 75.