Joseph Michael Prokop (January 9, 1921 – April 29, 1995) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

halfback who played one season with the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference. He first enrolled at the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic university, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin fo ...

before transferring to

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. He attended Cathedral Latin High School in Cleveland, Ohio.

Professional career

Prokop played in two games for the Chicago Rockets during the 1948 season.

Personal life

Prokop's brother

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also played in the AAFC.

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Just Sports Stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prokop, Joe 1921 births 1995 deaths Players of American football from Cleveland American football halfbacks Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players Bradley Braves football players Chicago Rockets players