Hal Hinte

Hinte was signed by Curly Lambeau to play the end position for the Green Bay Packers right before the start of exhibition games before the 1942 NFL season.^[6] Before his football career, Hinte was a police detective by trade.^[7] Lambeau planned to have Hinte play alongside fellow ends Don Hutson and Larry Craig.^[8] Hinte only played in one game for the Packers before being traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers after failing to maintain a roster spot.^[1][9] He considered playing for Washington but decided on Pittsburgh to be close to his family and to prepare for the possibility that he would be drafted into the Army.^[10][4] He finished off the 1942 season by playing in three games for the Steelers.^[1] The Philadelphia Inquirer noted after the season that Hinte was "unusually adept at detecting rival teams' strategy and smearing their plays".^[7] The Steelers signed Hinte for the 1943 season but he never played a game for them that year.^[7][1] During his time playing football, Hinte also took part in various boxing matches. He fought as a heavyweight, losing once (under the name Billy Sullivan) in 1942.^[11] He also fought in a bout the day before he left for the Army, losing to a boxer named Tony Ciro.^[12]

Hinte served in the United States Army during World War II after his playing career. After a year stateside, Hinte was medically discharged because of a knee injury. Hinte was stationed at Fort Meade, where he won their base's boxing heavyweight boxing title.^[4] After his military service, he was a teacher and coached sports at various high schools.^[12][13]

Hinte married Ola Pearl (née Vest) in 1945, although they divorced two years later.^[14][15] Hinte married his second wife, Virginia (née Wainwright), in March 1948.^[13] He died on February 3, 1996, in Jacksonville, Florida.^[1]