Ken Jackson

Kenneth Gene "the Tall Texan" Jackson (April 26, 1929 – January 28, 1998) was an American professional football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). A native of Austin, Texas, Jackson played college football at The University of Texas and then pro football for seven seasons for the Dallas Texans, the Baltimore Colts and the Montreal Alouettes.

Biography

Ken Jackson was born in Thorndale, Texas, and went to high school at Austin High School in Austin, Texas, from which he graduated in 1947.

Later Life In 1959, he moved back to Austin and became owner and partner in Ken Jackson's Drive In for several years and then got into the pawn shop business, opening pawn shops all over Texas. He retired in Waco in 1981 and died at Methodist Hospital in Houston on January 28, 1988.