Tom Wittum was an American football player. He had a 5-year career in the National Football League from 1973 to 1977 as a punter. He played in two Pro Bowls as a member of the San Francisco 49ers. A native of Berwyn, Wittum grew up in Round Lake. A fifth-round pick of the Chicago White Sox in 1968, Wittum instead chose to attend Northern Illinois University. He was a three-year letter-winner in football for the Huskies from 1969 to 1971, and lettered four years as a third baseman for the NIU baseball team. He was inducted as an individual into the NIU Hall of Fame in 1987 and was a member of the Huskies' 1972 NCAA baseball team enshrined in 2008. Wittum left Northern Illinois with 10 kicking records, including the school's career, single-season and single-game records for punts, punting yards and punting average. For his career, he averaged 40.39 yards on 228 punts for 9,210 total yards, numbers which as of January 2010 rank third, fourth and third, respectively, in the Huskie record book. As of January 2010 he still holds the top three single season totals for punts and punting yards with 78 for 3,129. 

January 11th, 1950 in Berwyn  /  Died:   Jan 22nd, 2010 - aged 60