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Paul Szakash
No. 8, 84, 22
Position:End, fullback
Personal information
Born:(1913-05-05)May 5, 1913
Chicago, Illinois
Died:October 24, 1984(1984-10-24) (aged 71)
Missoula, Montana
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:213 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school:Fenger
(Chicago, Illinois)
College:Montana
NFL draft:1938 / Round: 7 / Pick: 56
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career NFL statistics
Games:38
Rushing yards:66
Receiving yards:130
Player stats at PFR

Paul Michael "Socko" Szakash (May 5, 1913 – October 24, 1984) was an American football player.

Szakash was born in Chicago in 1913. He attended Fenger High School in Chicago. He played football at Fenger in 1929 and 1930 and then for the Gano Athletic Club from 1934 to 1937.[1]

He next attended the University of Montana and played college football as a fullback and place-kicker for the Montana Grizzlies football team.[2][3] After playing every minute of every game in 1935, he missed the 1936 season after sustaining a ruptured appendix.[4][5] During his recovery, he helped coach the freshmen.[6] He returned to the team as a player in 1937.

He was selected by the

1938 NFL Draft.[7] During his first training camp with the Lions, the Detroit Free Press reported that he "showed more drive in plunging than any other young man who ever came to the Detroit camp."[8][9] He played four seasons with the Lions, appearing in 38 games, 13 as a starter, from 1938 to 1939 and 1941 to 1942. He played at the end and fullback positions.[2] He carried the ball 23 times for 66 yards and caught nine passes for 130 yards.[3]

Szakash also played baseball as a catcher for the Missoula club for several years.[10] He missed the 1940 NFL season with a fractured ankle sustained while playing baseball in Montana.[11]

In March 1945, Szakash enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.[12] He fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima.[13] He also saw action at the Battle of Okinawa.[14]

Szakash served as the line coach at the University of Montana from 1946 to 1950.[15][1]

Szakash later operated a frozen food business.[16] He died in 1984 at Missoula, Montana.[17]

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  2. ^ a b "Paul Szakash". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Paul Szakash". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
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  7. ^ "1938 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
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  15. ^ "Montana Grizzlies coaching staff". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (photo). September 19, 1947. p. 12.
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