Leon Gajecki
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Leon J. Gajecki (December 10, 1917 – November 2, 2000) was an American football player.
Gajecki was born in 1917 in Colver, Pennsylvania, and attended Ebensburg High School.[1]
He played
Gajecki was drafted by the
1940 NFL Draft.[5] He played for the Jersey City Giants of the American Football League from 1946 to 1948.[1]
After retiring from football, he settled in
Exxon.[6] He was inducted into the Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame in 1971.[7] He died in 2000 at age 82 at the Greenbriar West Nursing Home in Woodbury, New Jersey.[6][8]
References
- ^ a b c "Leon Gajecki". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 1401337031.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Leon Gajecki". Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "Former Nittany Lion Football All-American Leon Gajecki Dies". Penn State Athletics. November 6, 2000.