Bob Kowalkowski
Appearance
No. 66, 67 | |
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Position: | Guard |
Personal information | |
Born: | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. | November 5, 1943
Died: | September 17, 2009 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 65)
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Arnold |
College: | Virginia |
NFL draft: | 1965 / round: 7 / pick: 95 |
AFL draft: | 1965 / round: Red Shirt 2 / pick: 15 |
Career history | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Robert Kowalkowski (November 5, 1943 – September 17, 2009) was an American professional football offensive guard who played for the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers in a twelve-year career that lasted from 1966 to 1977 in the National Football League (NFL).[1]
Kowalkowski played college football at the University of Virginia and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1965 NFL draft by the Lions. His son Scott was selected in the 1991 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles and also played with the Lions.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Former Lions Lineman Bob Kowalkowski Dies". Detroitlions.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ "Longtime Lions lineman Kowalkowski dies at 65". ESPN.com. September 18, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
External links
[edit]- "Ex-Lions lineman Bob Kowalkowski dies at age 65," The Detroit News, Friday, September 18, 2009.
- Monarrez, Carlos. "Bob Kowalkowski was 'tough, physical'," Detroit Free Press, Saturday, September 19, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- Mlive.com information on Kowalkowski's death. - accessed 18 September 2009
Categories:
- 1943 births
- 2009 deaths
- American football offensive linemen
- Detroit Lions players
- Green Bay Packers players
- Virginia Cavaliers football players
- People from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
- Players of American football from Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football offensive lineman, 1940s birth stubs