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Stephen Pritko (December 21, 1920 – June 6, 2015) was an
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who played eight seasons in the
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Early life and education

Pritco was born December 21, 1920 in
Northampton, Pennsylvania Northampton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Its population was 10,395 as of the 2020 census. Northampton is located north of Allentown, northwest of Philadelphia, and west of New York City. The borough is part of the Lehigh ...
. He attended
Northampton Area High School Northampton Area High School is a public high school in the Northampton Area School District and located in Northampton, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area of eastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had ...
and then Villanova.


NFL career

He entered the
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in 1943. During his NFL career, he played for the New York Giants in 1943, the Cleveland and Los Angeles Rams from 1944 through 1947, the
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in 1949, and the Green Bay Packers from 1949 until 1950.


Death

Pritko died June 6, 2015 in
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at age 94.


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* 1920 births 2015 deaths Northampton Area High School alumni American football ends Boston Yanks players Cleveland Rams players Green Bay Packers players Los Angeles Rams players New York Bulldogs players New York Giants players Villanova Wildcats football players Sportspeople from Northampton County, Pennsylvania Players of American football from Pennsylvania {{widereceiver-1920s-stub