Birth Date: | March 6, 1920 |
Birth Place: | Chaska, Minnesota, U.S. |
Death Place: | Hopkins Bay, Ontario, Canada |
Position1: | Fullback |
College: | Minnesota |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1942 |
Nfldraftedround: | 4 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 28 |
Playing Years1: | 1943 |
Playing Team1: | Phil/Pitt "Steagles" |
Playing Years2: | 1947 |
Playing Team2: | New York Giants |
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Nfl: | PAS166116 |
Databasefootball: | PASCHGOR01 |
Gordon F. Paschka (March 6, 1920 - c. June 9, 1964) was an American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and the Phil/Pitt "Steagles", a merger of the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in 1943 due to players serving in World War II. Born in Chaska, Minnesota, he played college football at the University of Minnesota and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1942 NFL draft. He went missing after a fishing trip on Rainy Lake on June 9, 1964.[1]