Harry Jacunski
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| Position | End | ||||||||
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| Born | October 20, 1915 New Britain, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | February 20, 2003 (aged 87) Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | New Britain | ||||||||
| College | Fordham (1935-1938) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1939 (undrafted) | ||||||||
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Hieronym Anthony “Harry” Jacunski (October 20, 1915 – February 20, 2003) was an American football player and coach. He played as an end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). After his playing career, he was a college football coach for 35 years.
Jacunski was an all-state center on the New Britain High School 1934 basketball team and played college football with Vince Lombardi at Fordham University, where Jacunski was one of Fordham's "Seven Blocks of Granite". In 1938 he was co-captain of the Fordham football team where he started as end.
He played in the NFL for six seasons (1939 – 1944) as defensive end for the Green Bay Packers, who were NFL champions in 1939 and 1944.[1]
In 1945 he started a 35-year coaching career: one year at University of Notre Dame, two years at Harvard University, and the last 33 years at Yale University.[2] Jacunski was inducted into both the Fordham and Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.[3]
NFL career statistics
[edit]| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Won the NFL Championship | |
| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1939 | GNB | 11 | 2 | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 29 | 2 |
| 1940 | GNB | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| 1941 | GNB | 10 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1942 | GNB | 5 | 1 | 8 | 125 | 15.6 | 49 | 1 |
| 1943 | GNB | 10 | 9 | 24 | 528 | 22.0 | 86 | 3 |
| 1944 | GNB | 9 | 9 | 9 | 151 | 16.8 | 48 | 0 |
| 55 | 33 | 52 | 985 | 18.9 | 86 | 6 | ||
Playoffs
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1939 | GNB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| 1941 | GNB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | GNB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Harry Jacunski Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ↑ Kanfer, Nachy (March 7, 2003). "Eli mentor Jacunski dies at 87". Yale Daily News. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
- ↑ Christl, Cliff. "Harry Jacunski". Packers.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Wallace, William N. (February 22, 2003). "Harry Jacunski, 87, One of Fordham's Seven Blocks of Granite". The New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
- 1915 births
- 2003 deaths
- Players of American football from New Britain, Connecticut
- American football defensive ends
- Fordham Rams football players
- Green Bay Packers players
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coaches
- Harvard Crimson football coaches
- Yale Bulldogs football coaches
- 20th-century American sportsmen
