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Position: |
Running back Defensive back |
Personal information | |
Born: | Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S. | June 29, 1921
Died: | July 29, 2010 Boise, Idaho, U.S. | (aged 89)
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Sandpoint (ID) |
College: | Washington State |
NFL draft: | 1943 / Round: 4 / Pick: 27 |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Military career | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | U.S. Army Air Forces |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Player stats at PFR |
Robert Henry Kennedy (June 29, 1921 – July 29, 2010) was a professional American football player who played running back for five seasons for the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the New York Yanks of the National Football League (NFL). [1]
After graduation from Sandpoint High School in northern Idaho, Kennedy attended Washington State College in Pullman and played college football for the Cougars; [2] [3] [4] [5] he was an All-American fullback and quarterback. [6] He continued to play football for the U.S. Army Air Forces during the years of World War II, [6] with the Third Air Force Gremlins.
Although selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1943 NFL Draft, [7] after the war Kennedy signed a contract to play for the upstart New York Yankees of the AAFC, a new professional league established in competition with the established NFL. Kennedy played "both ways" for the Yankees, starting as a running back on offense and a linebacker and defensive back on defense. [6]
In 1950, following the merger of the AAFC and the NFL, Kennedy played one season for the short-lived New York Yanks of the NFL.
During his later years, Kennedy worked as a real estate broker and a property developer in southern California; he was a proficient chef and an aficionado of playing cards. [6]
He was inducted into the WSU athletic hall of fame in 1988. [8]
No. 85 | |
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Position: |
Running back Defensive back |
Personal information | |
Born: | Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S. | June 29, 1921
Died: | July 29, 2010 Boise, Idaho, U.S. | (aged 89)
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Sandpoint (ID) |
College: | Washington State |
NFL draft: | 1943 / Round: 4 / Pick: 27 |
Career history | |
| |
Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | U.S. Army Air Forces |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Player stats at PFR |
Robert Henry Kennedy (June 29, 1921 – July 29, 2010) was a professional American football player who played running back for five seasons for the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the New York Yanks of the National Football League (NFL). [1]
After graduation from Sandpoint High School in northern Idaho, Kennedy attended Washington State College in Pullman and played college football for the Cougars; [2] [3] [4] [5] he was an All-American fullback and quarterback. [6] He continued to play football for the U.S. Army Air Forces during the years of World War II, [6] with the Third Air Force Gremlins.
Although selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1943 NFL Draft, [7] after the war Kennedy signed a contract to play for the upstart New York Yankees of the AAFC, a new professional league established in competition with the established NFL. Kennedy played "both ways" for the Yankees, starting as a running back on offense and a linebacker and defensive back on defense. [6]
In 1950, following the merger of the AAFC and the NFL, Kennedy played one season for the short-lived New York Yanks of the NFL.
During his later years, Kennedy worked as a real estate broker and a property developer in southern California; he was a proficient chef and an aficionado of playing cards. [6]
He was inducted into the WSU athletic hall of fame in 1988. [8]