Jim Kekeris

James J. Kekeris was an American professional football player who was a football position)|tackle] in the National Football League.

Biography

Kekeris was born on October 17, 1923, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Career

Kekeris was selected in the third round of the 1947 [NFL draft] by the Detroit Lions and would play that season with the Philadelphia Eagles. The following season, he played with the Green Bay Packers.
He played at the collegiate level at the University of Missouri and is an inductee in the university's Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.