John Rapacz
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Born: | Rosedale, Ohio | April 25, 1924
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Died: | January 2, 1991 | (aged 66)
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Position(s) | Center |
College | Oklahoma |
NFL draft | 1947 / Round: 3 / Pick: 15 (By the Boston Yanks) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1948–1949 | Chicago Rockets/Hornets (AAFC) |
1950–1954 | New York Giants |
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John Joseph Rapacz (April 25, 1924 – January 2, 1991) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He also played in the All-America Football Conference for the Chicago Rockets/Hornets. Rapacz played college football at the University of Oklahoma, where he was an All-American, and was drafted in the third round of the 1947 NFL Draft by the Boston Yanks. After retiring from the NFL Rapacz went on to become a Michigan High School Hall of Fame football coach for .
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In 1954 John was traded to the Baltimore Colts. He retired at the end of the 1955 season. He returned to college, finished his degree, became a teacher and Football coach at Hackett Catholic High School.
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 1991 deaths
- American football offensive linemen
- Chicago Rockets players
- Chicago Hornets players
- New York Giants players
- Oklahoma Sooners football players
- American football offensive lineman, 1920s birth stubs