Nick Bolkovac
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Position: | Defensive tackle Offensive tackle | ||||||
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Born: | McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania | March 20, 1928||||||
Died: | October 29, 2015 Youngstown, Ohio | (aged 87)||||||
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College: | Pittsburgh | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1951 / Round: 30 / Pick: 354 (By the Washington Redskins) | ||||||
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Nicholas Frank Bolkovac (March 20, 1928 – October 29, 2015) was an American football offensive and defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers.[1] He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and was drafted in the 30th round of the 1951 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. He founded the "Pitt Rocks", an alumni organization for Pitt football players who played between 1940 and 1960. He died from "lung complications" in 2015.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Nicholas Frank 'Nick' Bolkovac". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Nicholas F. Bolkovac". Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2015/11/06/Obituary-Nicholas-Bolkovac-Former-Pitt-football-player-booster/stories/201511030220
Categories:
- 1928 births
- 2015 deaths
- People from McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania
- American football defensive tackles
- American football offensive tackles
- Pittsburgh Panthers football players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- American football offensive lineman, 1920s birth stubs
- American football defensive lineman, 1920s birth stubs