Eddie Prokop
Prokop from The 1944 Blue Print | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Back | ||||||||||||
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| Born | February 11, 1922 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | May 30, 1955 (aged 33) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School (Chardon, Ohio) | ||||||||||||
| College | Georgia Tech | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1945: 1st round, 4th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Edward Stanley Prokop (February 11, 1922 – May 30, 1955), he was an American professional football player. He played college football at the Georgia Institute of Technology and in the National Football League (NFL) in the 1940s. He was the first pick (4th overall) in the 1945 NFL draft for the Boston Yanks.