Harry Ulinski
American football player (1925-2008)
Harry John Ulinski (April 4, 1925 – April 20, 2008) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats and was selected in the fourth round of the 1950 NFL draft.
Early life
Ulinski was born in Ambridge, Pennsylvania and attended Ambridge High School, where he played football, basketball and track. After graduating from high school, he served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II from 1943 to 1946. He was inducted into the Beaver County, Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.
College career
After the war, Ulinski attended and played college football at the University of Kentucky under coach Bear Bryant. As a freshman, he shared quarterbacking duties with future Hall of Famer George Blanda but then switched to center and linebacker as a sophomore. In 1947, he played in Kentucky's first bowl game, a 24-14 win against Villanova University in the 1947 Great Lakes Bowl. He got married after his junior year and Bryant revoked his football scholarship. Ulinski considered transferring to Eastern Kentucky University to play basketball, but changed his mind after the marriage rule was rescinded.
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