| Esco Sarkkinen | |
| Birth Date: | 9 April 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Conneaut, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1937–1939 |
| Player Team2: | Ohio State |
| Player Years3: | 1942 |
| Player Team3: | Manhattan Beach Coast Guard |
| Player Positions: | End |
| Coach Years1: | 1946–1978 |
| Coach Team1: | Ohio State (assistant) |
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Esco "Sark" Sarkkinen (April 9, 1918 – February 28, 1998) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Ohio State University from 1937 to 1939[1] and was a consensus first-team end on the 1939 College Football All-America Team.[2] He also served as an assistant coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 1946 to 1978.[3]
Sarkkinen's parents, Eino Sr. and Rauha "Rose" Sarkkinen, were Finnish emigrants; his father was from Oulu and had emigrated to New York City in 1914, and his mother had emigrated to the United States in 1904.[4]