Ron Yankowski
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| Position | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Born | October 23, 1946 Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 244 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||
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| College | Kansas St. | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1971: 8th round, 199th overall pick | ||||||||
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Ronald William Yankowski (born October 23, 1946) is an American former professional football defensive end who played 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals. Yankowski played college football at Kansas State University and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College.[1]
Yankowski was selected in the eighth round by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1971 and started ten games at defensive end his rookie season. The biggest play of his career came in a 1974 game at Washington when he returned a Billy Kilmer fumble 71 yards for a touchdown to help the Cards to a 17–10 victory. Yankowski played in 128 games during his ten-year career in St. Louis and finished with five fumble recoveries and 30 sacks. [2]
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- Sportspeople from Arlington, Massachusetts
- American football defensive ends
- Kansas State Wildcats football players
- St. Louis Cardinals (football) players
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- Players of American football from Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football defensive lineman, 1940s birth stubs