Len Supulski

Len Supulski
Date of birth	December 15, 1920
Place of birth	Kingston, Pennsylvania
Date of death	August 31, 1943 (aged 22)
Place of death	Kearney, Nebraska
Career information
Position(s)	End
US college	Dickinson
Career history
As player
1942	Philadelphia Eagles
Career highlights and awards
Honors	Dickinson Hall of Fame
Career stats
	Playing stats at NFL.com; Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	U.S. Army Air Corps
Years of service	1942–1943
Rank	First Lieutenant
Battles/wars	World War II

Leonard Peter Supulski (December 15, 1920 – August 31, 1943) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Early life

Supulski was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania and attended Kingston High School.^[2] He was one of the twelve children of a Lithuanian immigrant.^[3]

Supulski attended and played college football at Dickinson College, but failed to graduate.^[3] He caught 48 for 586 yards in 1941, a school record that stood until 1984, and was a United Press International All-Eastern first team choice.^[1] In 1942, Supulski played in six games for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.

Supulski was inducted into the Dickinson Hall of Fame in 1981.^[1]

Supulski entered the United States Army Air Forces and reported to the 582nd Bomb Squadron for advanced training in Nebraska to prepare for service in World War II. Two weeks later, he was killed along with seven others in the crash of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber near Kearney, Nebraska, during a training flight^[4] on August 31, 1943.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Leonard Peter Supulski: Hall of Fame". Dickinson College. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
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^ "Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents: 1940s". PlaneCrashInfo.com. Retrieved April 30, 2009.