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John Zook
Date of birth	September 24, 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth	Garden City, Kansas
Career information
Position(s)	Defensive end
US college	Kansas
NFL draft	1969 / round: 4 / pick: 99; (By the Los Angeles Rams)
Career history
As player
1969–1975	Atlanta Falcons
1976–1979	St. Louis Cardinals
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls	1 (1973)
Honors	1968 All-American; Second-team All-Pro (1973); Second-team All-NFC (1972, 1973)
Career stats
	Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;

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John Eldon Zook (born September 24, 1947 in Garden City, Kansas). Attended and played high school football at Larned, Kansas. He was a defensive end who played 12 seasons in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Falcons. Zook played college football for the University of Kansas.

Zook was a three-year letterman, was picked twice for all-conference honors, anchoring one of the top defensive units ever taking the field at KU. He was an honorable mention All-American in 1967 and was a consensus All-America honors as the Jayhawks' defensive standout on the 1968 Orange Bowl-bound team, the year KU was named No. 6 by the Associated Press. Zook had 202 total tackles during his career, putting him at No. 4 on KU's all-time defensive line list. KU Coach Pepper Rodgers said Zook "never played but full speed from snap one to snap hundred. He was the most full-speed player on every snap that you could imagine." ^[1] He was also chosen the KU All-Time team by the Lawrence Journal-World.^[2]

Zook was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 4th round (99th overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft. He was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles and then by the Eagles to the Atlanta Falcons, where began his NFL career in 1969. Zook played 144 games in the NFL and was a Second-team All-Pro selection in 1973. He had been a Second-team All-NFC selection in 1972 and 1973 and was voted to the 1973 Pro Bowl. Zook was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1976 and finished his career there.^[3]

References

^ KU Sports.com Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ KU Sports.com
^ Pro Football Reference.com

[1] KU Sports.com Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine

[2] KU Sports.com

[3] Pro Football Reference.com

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 '''John Eldon Zook'''  (born September 24, 1947 in [[Garden City, Kansas]]). Attended and played high school football at Larned, Kansas. He was a [[defensive end]] who played 12 seasons in the [[National Football League]] for the [[St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)|St. Louis Cardinals]] and the [[Atlanta Falcons]]. Zook played [[college football]] for the [[University of Kansas]].
-Zook was a three-year letterman, was picked twice for all-conference honors, anchoring one of the top defensive units ever taking the field at KU. He was an honorable mention All-American in 1967 and was a consensus [[1968 College Football All-America Team|All-America]] honors as the Jayhawks' defensive standout on the 1968 Orange Bowl-bound team, the year KU was named No. 6 by the [[Associated Press]]. Zook had 202 total tackles during his career, putting him at No. 4 on KU's all-time defensive line list. KU Coach [[Pepper Rodgers]] said Zook "never played but full speed from snap one to snap hundred. He was the most full-speed player on every snap that you could imagine." <ref>[http://www.kusports.com/football/all-american/ KU Sports.com]</ref> He was also chosen the KU All-Time team by the ''[[Lawrence Journal-World]]''.<ref>[http://www.kusports.com/football/all_time_best/ KU Sports.com]</ref>
+Zook was a three-year letterman, was picked twice for all-conference honors, anchoring one of the top defensive units ever taking the field at KU. He was an honorable mention All-American in 1967 and was a consensus [[1968 College Football All-America Team|All-America]] honors as the Jayhawks' defensive standout on the 1968 Orange Bowl-bound team, the year KU was named No. 6 by the [[Associated Press]]. Zook had 202 total tackles during his career, putting him at No. 4 on KU's all-time defensive line list. KU Coach [[Pepper Rodgers]] said Zook "never played but full speed from snap one to snap hundred. He was the most full-speed player on every snap that you could imagine." <ref>[http://www.kusports.com/football/all-american/ KU Sports.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305020049/http://www.kusports.com/football/all-american/ |date=2009-03-05 }}</ref> He was also chosen the KU All-Time team by the ''[[Lawrence Journal-World]]''.<ref>[http://www.kusports.com/football/all_time_best/ KU Sports.com]</ref>
 Zook was drafted by the [[Los Angeles Rams]] in the 4th round (99th overall) of the [[1969 NFL Draft]]. He was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles and then by the Eagles to the Atlanta Falcons, where began his NFL career in 1969. Zook played 144 games in the NFL and was a Second-team [[1973 All-Pro Team|All-Pro]] selection in 1973. He had been a Second-team All-NFC selection in 1972 and 1973 and was voted to the 1973 Pro Bowl. Zook was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1976 and finished his career there.<ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Z/ZookJo00.htm Pro Football Reference.com]</ref>

v t e 1968 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense	QB Terry Hanratty B Chris Gilbert B Leroy Keyes B O. J. Simpson E Jerry LeVias E Ted Kwalick T Dave Foley T George Kunz G Charles Rosenfelder G Jim Barnes G Mike Montler C John Didion
Defense	DL Joe Greene DL Ted Hendricks DL Chuck Kyle DL Bill Stanfill DL Ed White DL John Zook LB Steve Kiner LB Dennis Onkotz LB Mike Ballou DB Jake Scott DB Roger Wehrli DB Al Worley