Andy Kozar, University of Tennessee Fullback
April 29th, 2010 | Published in Player Deaths
Andy Kozar, the fullback on the Tennessee Volunteers 1951 National Championship team, passed away today. He was named the Most Outstanding Back in the Vols’ win over Texas in the Cotton Bowl that year. An article on the Knoxville News Sentinel web site includes a great photo of a leaping Kozar.
Kozar was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1952, and he appeared on the 1953 Bowman card shown here. According to the News Sentinel article, he served from 1953 to 1955 in the Army, and he reported to the Bears in 1955. He apparently did not see playing time, though, since he does not appear on a page of his own at pro-football-reference.com.
