Tom Perko
Appearance
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | June 17, 1954 Steubenville, Ohio, U.S. | ||||
Died: | February 2, 1980 Ambridge, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 25)||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 233 lb (106 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Steubenville | ||||
College: | Pittsburgh | ||||
NFL draft: | 1976 / round: 4 / pick: 101 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Tom Perko (June 17, 1954 – February 2, 1980) was a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL). He graduated from Steubenville Catholic Central High School in 1972, was a member of the school's 1971 state championship team, and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1976 NFL draft and played that season with the team.[1] He was killed in a car accident on February 2, 1980.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tom Perko Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Thomas Perko 25 Killed, Pitt, Green Bay Grid Star". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. February 2, 1980. p. 15.
Categories:
- 1954 births
- 1980 deaths
- Sportspeople from Steubenville, Ohio
- Players of American football from Ohio
- Green Bay Packers players
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- American football linebackers
- Pittsburgh Panthers football players
- Road incident deaths in Pennsylvania
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football linebacker, 1950s birth stubs