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Leo Raskowski

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Height
  
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Role
  
American football player

Weight
  
219 pounds (99 kg)

Education
  
Ohio State University

College
  
Ohio State

Positions
  
Guard, Tackle

Name
  
Leo Raskowski


Leo Raskowski

Born
  
March 28, 1906 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. (
1906-03-28
)

Honors
  
2× All-American (1926-27)

1932 1933 1933 1935
  
Staten Island Stapletons Brooklyn Dodgers Pittsburgh Pirates Philadelphia Eagles

Died
  
October 30, 1952, Vancouver, Washington, United States

Leo Raskowski: Football Guard and Tackle


Leo Thomas Raskowski (March 28, 1906 – October 30, 1952) was an American college and professional football player of the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Thomas (a Polish immigrant) and Julia Raskowski. At Ohio State, he and received All-American honors in 1926 and 1927, was team captain in 1928 and was also a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. After he graduated, Raskowski went on to play professional football in the National Football League for the Staten Island Stapletons, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Eagles. He later took the name of Leo Randall in 1939 and moved to Vancouver in 1943 to become a recreation director. He died there after a long illness at the age of 46.

He was inducted posthumously into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 2011.

References

Leo Raskowski Wikipedia