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{{Short description|American football player (born 1943)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Tucker Frederickson
| image       = Tucker Frederickson - New York Giants - 1965.jpg
| image_size  =
| alt         = 
| caption     = Frederickson with the [[New York Giants]] in 1965
| number      = 24
| position    = [[Running back]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1943|1|12|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hollywood, Florida]], U.S.
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 2
| weight_lbs  = 220
| high_school = [[South Broward High School|South Broward]] (Hollywood)
| college     = [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]
| draftyear   = 1965
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 1
| pastteams   =
* [[New York Giants]] ({{nfly|1965}}–{{nfly|1971}})
| highlights  =
* [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1966 Pro Bowl|1965]])
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1964 College Football All-America Team|1964]])
* [[Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Player of the Year|SEC Player of the Year]] (1964)
* 2× [[Jacobs Blocking Trophy]] (1963, 1964)
* First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1964 All-SEC football team|1964]])
* Second-team All-SEC ([[1963 All-SEC football team|1963]])
| pfr         = FredTu00
| CollegeHOF  = 1905 
}}

'''Ivan Charles "Tucker" Frederickson''' (born January 12, 1943) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[running back]] for the [[New York Giants]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He was an [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] in college at [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]], a [[Heisman Trophy]] runner-up, the [[List of first overall National Football League Draft picks|first overall pick]] of the [[1965 NFL draft]], and a [[Pro Bowl]] fullback with the Giants.

==Biography==
Frederickson graduated from [[South Broward High School]] in [[Hollywood, Florida]].  A [[two-way player]], he then attended [[Auburn University]] in Alabama, averaging 4.4 yards per carry on offense and leading the [[Auburn Tigers football|Tigers football team]] in interceptions as a safety on defense. In 1963, he won the Jacobs Award as the best blocking back in the [[Southeastern Conference]].  He won it again in 1964, and was sixth in the [[Heisman Trophy]] race. Coach [[Ralph Jordan|Shug Jordan]] called him "the most complete football player I've ever seen". He was an [[1964 College Football All-America Team|All-American]] in 1964.

Frederickson was taken as the first overall pick in the [[1965 NFL draft]] by the New York Giants, playing six seasons for them before a knee injury forced his retirement in 1971. He was inducted in the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1994.

Frederickson is referred to by [[Brian Piccolo]] ([[James Caan]]) as the man to beat in 1971's ''[[Brian's Song]]'' as both of them went to the same high school.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} In fact they went to different high schools, Frederickson to South Broward and Piccolo to Central Catholic (now St. Thomas Aquinas). Tucker went to the coveted Auburn University while Piccolo had to "settle" for [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]].

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190844/http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=60063 Hall of Fame Bio]
*[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/FredTu00.htm NFL Player Statistics]

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[[Category:Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Broward County, Florida]]
[[Category:South Broward High School alumni]]
[[Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees]]