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Kenneth Robert Gorgal (born February 13, 1929) is a former American football safety who played in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers in the 1950s. He played college football at Purdue University. Gorgal grew up in Illinois, where he was a standout athlete in high school. He then went to Purdue, playing as a quarterback and punt returner under head coach Stu Holcomb. Gorgal set a school record that stood for more than 50 years in 1948 by amassing 138 return yards in a single game. The Browns selected Gorgal in the 1950 NFL draft. He had six interceptions that season as Cleveland finished with a 10–2 win–loss record and beat the Los Angeles Rams to win the NFL championship. He then left the team for a two-year stint in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, returning in 1953. Gorgal was on a Browns squad that won another NFL championship in 1954, but head coach Paul Brown traded him to the Bears after the season. He played in Chicago in 1955, but a conflict with owner and coach George Halas, led to his release halfway through the following season. The Packers claimed him on waivers, and he played out the year in Green Bay. Gorgal then left football and settled in suburban Chicago, where he sold insurance. ==Early life and college== Gorgal grew up in Peru, Illinois and attended the town's St. Bede Academy, a private Catholic high school. His father, Alex Gorgal, had played professional football in the 1920s as a wingback for the Rock Island Independents, an early National Football League (NFL) team.〔 Gorgal was also a strong athlete, and lettered in track and field, baseball and football at St. Bede.〔 He played as a quarterback and defensive back on the football team.〔 After graduating from St. Bede, Gorgal enrolled at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in 1946.〔 He played quarterback, defensive back and returned punts for the school's football team.〔 Gorgal set a Purdue Boilermakers football record in 1948 by amassing 138 return yards in a game against Pittsburgh. The mark stood for more than 50 years until it was broken by Vinny Sutherland in 1999.〔 Purdue, however, finished the season with a 3–6 win–loss record under head coach Stu Holcomb. Gorgal accounted for most of Purdue's passing the following year in an upset victory against Minnesota, prompting Holcomb to say he had "a perfect game in directing the team on the field". Purdue, however, again finished the season with a losing record.〔 Gorgal was also a center fielder on the Purdue baseball team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ken Gorgal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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