Kay Eakin
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Date of birth | August 3, 1917 |
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Place of birth | Atkins, Arkansas |
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
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Position(s) | Running Back |
College | Arkansas |
NFL draft | 1940 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 (By the Pittsburgh Steelers) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1940-1941 | New York Giants |
1946 | Miami Seahawks (AAFC) |
Career stats | |
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Oliver Kay Eakin, Jr. (August 3, 1917 – February 15, 1993) was an American football player in the National Football League and the All-America Football Conference.
Eakin played college football at the University of Arkansas, and was selected in the first round of the 1940 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played halfback and fullback with the New York Giants in 1941 and 1942, and returned with the Miami Seahawks in 1946.
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Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1993 deaths
- People from Pope County, Arkansas
- Players of American football from Arkansas
- American football running backs
- American football punters
- Arkansas Razorbacks football players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- New York Giants players
- Miami Seahawks players
- American football running back, 1910s birth stubs