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Place of birth
  
Croatia

Name
  
Jules Rykovich

1947–1948
  
Buffalo Bills (AAFC)


College
  
Illinois Notre Dame

Role
  
American football player

Jules Rykovich

Date of birth
  
(1923-04-06)April 6, 1923

Date of death
  
December 23, 1974(1974-12-23) (aged 51)

Died
  
December 23, 1974, Merrillville, Indiana, United States

NFL draft
  
1947 (Round: 2 / Pick: 14)

Education
  
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, University of Notre Dame

Positions
  
Halfback, Kickoff returner, Defensive back

Place of death
  
Merrillville, Indiana

Julius Alphonsus Rykovich (April 6, 1923 – December 23, 1974) was an American football halfback, kickoff returner, and defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the Chicago Bears. Rykovich also played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Buffalo Bills and the Chicago Rockets. He played college football at the University of Illinois and the University of Notre Dame and was drafted in the second round of the 1947 NFL Draft. He was co-MVP alongside Buddy Young in the 1947 Rose Bowl for Illinois, and was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1993.

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