- Harry Jacunski
NFL player
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DateOfBirth=October 20 ,1915
Birthplace=New Britain, Connecticut
DateOfDeath=death date and age|2003|2|20|1915|10|20
Deathplace=Wallingford, Connecticut
Position=Defensive End
College=Fordham
DraftedYear=1939
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Honors=Packers Hall of Fame
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years=1939-1944
teams=Green Bay Packers
CBS=Harry Jacunski (
October 20 ,1915 -February 20 ,2003 ) was anNational Football League player andcollege football coach for over 40 years.Jacunski was an All-state center on the
New Britain High School 1934basketball team and played football withVince Lombardi atFordham University , where Jacunski was one of Fordham’s "Seven Blocks of Granite". In 1938 he was co-captain of the Fordham football team where he started as end.He played in the NFL for six seasons (1939 – 1944) as
defensive end for theGreen Bay Packers , who were NFL champions in 1939 and 1944.In 1945 he started a 35 year coaching career: one year at
University of Notre Dame , two years atHarvard University , and the last 33 years atYale University . Jacunski was inducted into both the Fordham andGreen Bay Packers Hall of Fame .
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