Walt Kowalczyk

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Walt Kowalczyk
Career information
Date of birth:	(1935-04-17) April 17, 1935
Place of birth:	Westfield, MA
Position(s):	Defensive back Fullback
College:	Michigan State
NFL Draft:	1958 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Organizations
As player:
1958-1959 1960 1961	Philadelphia Eagles Dallas Cowboys Oakland Raiders (AFL)
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com

Walter Joseph Kowalczyk (born April 17, 1935) is a former American football defensive back and fullback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. He also played in the American Football League for the Oakland Raiders. Kowalczyk played college football at Michigan State University and placed third in Heisman Trophy voting in 1957.^[1] He was drafted in the first round of the 1958 NFL Draft.

Kowalczyk is a member of The Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C. National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll.

He currently lives in the Rochester, Michigan area. He is active in community activities and volunteers his time teaching Drivers Training classes.

v t e Philadelphia Eagles 1958 NFL Draft selections

Walt Kowalczyk Proverb Jacobs Frank Rigney Bobby Mulgado John Kersey Len Mansfield Bill Striegel Theron Sapp Mel Dillard Jack Crabtree Mickey Trimarki Bill Lapham Stan Hinos Mike Meatheringham Bill Van Buren John Burroughs Ron Sabal Kent Lovelace John Madden George Sherwood Billy Templeton Jim Padgett Hal Devine Neil MacLean Hindman Wall Gene Gossage Don McDonald Jim Thompson

Draft years: 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 (AAFC) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

v t e Philadelphia Eagles first-round draft picks

Berwanger S. Francis J. McDonald O'Brien McAfee Kmetovic Muha S. Van Buren Yonakor Riggs Armstrong Scott Bednarik Tripucka Grant E. Van Buren Worden Bielski Pellegrini Peaks Kowalczyk B. Brown Beisler H. Jones Rossovich Keyes Zabel R. Harris Reaves Sisemore Young J. Robinson R. Young L. Mitchell Quick Haddix Kenny Jackson K. Allen Byars Brown Keith Jackson B. Smith Davis Holmes L. Renfro B. Williams Mamula Mayberry J. Harris W. Thomas McNabb Simon F. Mitchell Sheppard McDougle Andrews Patterson Bunkley Maclin Graham Watkins Cox Johnson

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

v t e 1957 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

HB Bob Anderson HB John David Crow HB Walt Kowalczyk HB Clendon Thomas C Dan Currie G Al Ecuyer G Bill Krisher T Alex Karras T Lou Michaels E Jim Phillips E Dick Wallen

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