| Bob Kennedy | |||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 29 June 1921 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Death Place: | Boise, Idaho, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Number: | 85 | ||||||||||
| Position: | Running back Defensive back | ||||||||||
| High School: | Sandpoint (ID) | ||||||||||
| College: | Washington State | ||||||||||
| Height Ft: | 5 | ||||||||||
| Height In: | 11 | ||||||||||
| Weight Lbs: | 195 | ||||||||||
| Draftyear: | 1943 | ||||||||||
| Draftround: | 4 | ||||||||||
| Draftpick: | 27 | ||||||||||
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| Pfr: | KennBo20 | ||||||||||
| Dbf: | KENNEBOB01 --> | ||||||||||
Robert Henry Kennedy (June 29, 1921 – July 29, 2010) was a professional American football player who played running back for five seasons for the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the New York Yanks of the National Football League (NFL).[1]
After graduation from Sandpoint High School in northern Idaho, Kennedy attended Washington State College in Pullman and played college football for the he was an All-American fullback and quarterback.[2] He continued to play football for the U.S. Army Air Forces during the years of World War II, with the Third Air Force Gremlins.
In, following the merger of the AAFC and the NFL, Kennedy played one season for the short-lived New York Yanks of the NFL.
During his later years, Kennedy worked as a real estate broker and a property developer in southern California; he was a proficient chef and an aficionado of playing cards.
He was inducted into the WSU athletic hall of fame