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Position: | End | ||||||||
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Born: | South Bend, Indiana, U.S. | July 21, 1920||||||||
Died: | August 18, 2012 South Bend, Indiana, U.S. | (aged 92)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 197 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Washington (South Bend, Indiana) | ||||||||
College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1942 / round: 13 / pick: 116 | ||||||||
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John George Kovatch Jr. (July 21, 1920 – August 18, 2012) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the Green Bay Packers. He was born in South Bend, Indiana. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and was drafted in the 13th round of the 1942 NFL draft.
Kovatch died on August 18, 2012.[1]