Joe Soboleski
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Date of birth | August 22, 1926 |
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Place of birth | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Date of death | 2015 |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Guard |
College | Michigan |
NFL draft | 1949 / Round: 9 / Pick: 86 (by the New York Giants) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1949 | Chicago Hornets (AAFC) |
1949 | Washington Redskins |
1950 | Detroit Lions |
1951 | New York Yanks |
1952 | Dallas Texans |
Career stats | |
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Joseph Robert Soboleski, Jr. (born August 22, 1926) is a former American football guard.
Soboleski began his football career playing for Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After graduating from high school, Soboleski spent 18 months in the United States Navy, including eight months in the Pacific Theater during World War II.[1] He played college football at the University of Michigan as a defensive lineman from 1945 to 1948.[1] He was a starting defensive lineman on Michigan's undefeated 1947 and 1948 national championship teams. At the conclusion of his college career, Soboleski was selected to play in the 1949 College All-Star Game in Chicago.[2]
Soboleski was selected in the ninth round of the 1949 NFL Draft by the New York Giants, but he signed instead with the Chicago Hornets of the All-America Football Conference.[3] Soboleski played four years of professional football for five teams: Chicago Hornets (1949), Washington Redskins (1949),[4] Detroit Lions (1950),[5] the New York Yanks (1951),[6] and the Dallas Texans (1952).[7][8] He was released by the Texans after 24-6 loss in the 1952 season opener.[9]
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- 1926 births
- Living people
- American football guards
- Chicago Hornets players
- Dallas Texans (NFL) players
- Detroit Lions players
- Michigan Wolverines football players
- New York Yanks players
- Washington Redskins players
- Players of American football from Michigan
- Sportspeople from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- American football offensive lineman, 1920s birth stubs