About Emil Banjavic
Lived 1915 – 1995 (aged 80). Emil Banjavic was an american football player.
Emil Thomas Banjavic (September 19, 1915 – December 1, 1995) was an American professional football player.
A native of Staunton, Illinois, Banjavic attended Staunton High School and then played college football at the University of Arizona from 1938 to 1941. He was a triple-threat player who was a good kicker, runner, and passer. He was also captain of the Arizona Wildcats football team. In a feature story on the first 56 years of Arizona football, Banjavic was called "the hard-driving star" of Arizona's 1939-1941 teams.
He was selected in the ninth round by the Detroit Lions with the 75th overall pick of the 1942 NFL draft.
He later worked for an aircraft plant in Arizona and the Railroad Retirement Board in Texas. He died in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1995 at age 80.
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Who was Emil Banjavic?
American football player
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Emil Banjavic was born on 19 September 1915 in Staunton.
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Emil Banjavic died on 1 December 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Emil Banjavic was an american football player.
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