John Kuzman was an American football tackle who played in the National Football League.
12 Facts About John Kuzman
1.
2.
John Kuzman played in the first televised football game in 1939 as a junior.
3.
John Kuzman was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the seventh round of the 1941 NFL draft.
4.
John Kuzman played one season with the team before joining the Navy after the outbreak of WWII.
5.
John Kuzman was assigned to the Pre-Flight training program at Saint Mary's College of California, where he served as a physical training instructor.
6.
John Kuzman later was assigned to North Carolina Pre-Flight, where Ted Williams was among the pilot trainees.
7.
John Kuzman joined the Chicago Rockets, reuniting with former Fordham head coach Jim Crowley, for 1947.
Related searches
Jim Crowley 8.
John Kuzman played for the Jersey City Giants of the minor league American Football League in 1948 and 1949.
9.
In 1947, John Kuzman joined San Francisco State College as a member of the Physical Education Department, before coming to the same role at Rutgers University the following year.
10.
John Kuzman joined the faculty at Saint Michaels High School in Union County, New Jersey, in 1950.
11.
John Kuzman coached and taught at Bloomfield High School from 1952 to 1954.
12.
John Kuzman died on January 29,2008, at the NJ Firemen's Home in Boonton, New Jersey.