Jim Kekeris | |
Number: | 77, 72 |
Position: | Tackle |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1923 |
Birth Place: | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Death Place: | Columbia, Missouri, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lbs: | 257 |
High School: | McKinley (MO) |
College: | Missouri |
Draftyear: | 1947 |
Draftround: | 3 |
Draftpick: | 14 |
Pastteams: | |
Highlights: | |
Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 15 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 2 |
Pfr: | KekeJi20 |
James J. Kekeris (October 17, 1923 – September 15, 1997) was a player in the National Football League (NFL).
Kekeris was born on October 17, 1923, in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
Kekeris was drafted in the third round of the 1947 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions and would play that season with the Philadelphia Eagles. The following season, he played with the Green Bay Packers.
He played at the collegiate level at the University of Missouri and is an inductee in the university's Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.[2]