Kenneth Dement

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Kenneth Dement
Date of birth: February 13, 1933 (1933-02-13) (age 75)
Place of birth: Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Career information
Position(s): Offensive tackle
Defensive tackle
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 212 lb (96 kg)
College: Southeast Missouri State University
NFL Draft: 1955 / Round: 25 / Pick: 296
(By the New York Giants)
College Football Hall of Fame

Kenneth "Redneck" Dement (born February 13, 1933) is a former American football offensive tackle/defensive tackle. He played college football for Southeast Missouri State University. He was a 25th round selection (296th overall) selection by the New York Giants in the 1955 NFL Draft. But instead of playing professionally, Dement joined the United States Marines Corps where he achieved the rank of captain. After his military career, Dement went back to school, earning a law degree at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. He returned to Sikeston, Missouri where he had grown up and began practicing law. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998. He had 6 children and one is deceased.


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