Fullback and running back, Notre Dame
Emil Sitko
- Born
- Sep 7, 1923, in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Died
- Dec 15, 1973, in Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Emil Sitko played fullback and running back at Notre Dame. He finished seventh in the 1948 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1948 and 1949. The Los Angeles Rams took Sitko in the first round, No. 10 overall in the 1946 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 1984College Football Hall of Fame
- 1948, 1949Consensus All‑American
- 1948Seventh in the Heisman vote
- 1949Eighth in the Heisman vote
Team titles: National champions, 1949
The teams in those years
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