Ted Peter Topor was an American football player who played quarterback and linebacker. Topor was born in East Chicago, Indiana in 1930 and graduated from East Chicago Roosevelt High School in 1949. He played on two Indiana state championship teams and was an Honorable Mention All-American high school player in 1948. Topor enrolled at the University of Michigan where he played football for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1950 to 1952.