About Leon Gajecki
Lived 1917 – 2000 (aged 82). Leon Gajecki was an American american football player.
Leon J. Gajecki (December 10, 1917 – November 2, 2000) was an American football player.
Gajecki was born in 1917 in Colver, Pennsylvania, and attended Ebensburg High School.
He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team from 1937 to 1940. He was selected by both the Newspaper Enterprise Association and Liberty magazine as a first-team center on the 1940 All-America college football team.
Gajecki was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 142nd pick in the 1940 NFL draft. He played for the Jersey City Giants of the American Football League from 1946 to 1948. He died in 2000 at age 82 at the Greenbriar West Nursing Home in Woodbury, New Jersey.
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American football player (1917-2000)
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Leon Gajecki was born on 10 December 1917 in Colver.
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Leon Gajecki died on 2 November 2000 in Woodbury.
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Leon Gajecki was an american football player.
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