Ty Krentler

Walter Lisle "Ty" Krentler (April 23, 1895 - November 30, 1971), sometimes shown as Walter Lyle Krentler, He attended Detroit's Eastern High School (now Martin Luther King High School and first gained notoriety in 1913 when he scored two touchdowns in the first five minutes of a game against Bay City Eastern High School.

Football player After graduating from high school, Krentler enrolled at Washington & Jefferson College intending to play college football for the Washington & Jefferson Presidents, then one of the leading football programs in the country. He left Washington & Jefferson due to "poor scholarship" and later enrolled at the University of Detroit.

In 1920, Krentler played for the Detroit Heralds during the first regular season of the National Football League (then known as the American Professional Football Association). The Heralds finished the 1920 season with a game against the Detroit Maroons for the city championship. Krentler scored the Heralds' only touchdown in the final minute of the third quarter. The Maroons tied the game with a touchdown in the fourth quarter by fullback Schultz.

In 1921, Krentler played for the Detroit Maroons, a professional football team based in Detroit.

Family and later years Krentler was married to Alice McClenmont in 1921. They had two sons, Walter (born c. 1923) and Robert (born c. 1924). In 1930, Krentler was living with his family in Detroit and was employed as a salesman of automobile tires. Krentler and his wife divorced in 1938. In 1942, he lived in Warren, Ohio, where he worked for the U.S. Navy at the Cleveland Diesel Motor Co. Krentler lived in his later years at St. Clair Shores, Michigan. He died there in 1971 at age 76.