Jack Graf
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| Born: | April 19, 1919 fullback |
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| College | Ohio State University |
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Jack Graf (April 19, 1919 – September 14, 2009) was a two-sport athlete at Ohio State University. In football he was named Big Ten MVP in 1941 and in basketball he served as team captain in 1942.[1]
In 1938 Graf enrolled at Ohio State, where his father Campbell "Honus" Graf had been a three-sport athlete and the 1914 football captain. After college Honus had been a graduate assistant on the 1915 team and played professional football with Peggy Parratt's Cleveland Indians football club. He later served on the Ohio State Athletic Council.
Jack Graf joined the Ohio State football team as
Big Ten
. His senior year, he ran for 10 touchdowns while passing for 2 more. Meanwhile, Graf was also a guard on the Ohio State basketball team and was named team captain as a senior.
The
1942 NFL Draft, but he instead attended Harvard Business School
. In 1945 Graf and his brother Campbell Jr. joined their father's electrical engineering company to form Graf and Sons. He also served 26 years as an assistant coach with the Ohio State basketball team.
Graf was inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 1988.[2]
References
- ^ Leaving a rich Buckeye legacy Archived 2013-01-21 at archive.today
- ^ "Men's Varsity "O" Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-07.