| John Yezerski | |
| Number: | 12 |
| Position: | Tackle |
| Birth Date: | 22 September 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Boring, Oregon, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lbs: | 240 |
| High School: | Portland (OR) Washington |
| College: | Saint Mary's |
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| Statlabel1: | Games played |
| Statvalue1: | 9 |
| Statlabel2: | Starts |
| Statvalue2: | 1 |
John Casimer "Turk" Yezerski (September 22, 1913 – January 18, 1979), sometimes spelled Jezierski, was an American football player.
Yezerski was born in 1914 in Portland, Oregon, and attended Portland's Washington High School.[1]
He played college football for the Saint Mary's Gaels football team in 1933 to 1934.[1] [2] [3] He was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) as a first-team tackle on the 1933 College Football All-America Team.[4] He was dropped from the football team in January 1935 due to scholastic deficiencies.[5]
He also played professional football as a tackle in the National Football League for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1936. He appeared in nine games for the Dodgers.[1] [6]
Yezerski died in 1979 in Boring, Oregon.[6]