Jacob C. Colhouer (January 15, 1922 – April 14, 1998) 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 with ...

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who played four seasons in the

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(NFL) with the

Chicago Cardinals The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons. Roots ca ...

and

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

. He was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the ninth round of the

1946 NFL Draft The 1946 National Football League Draft was held on January 14, 1946, at the Commodore Hotel in New York City, New York. The selections were initially withheld from the public out of fear that the newly formed All-America Football Conference wou ...

. He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...

and attended Warren High School in Warren, Oklahoma.

College career

Colhouer played for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. He graduated with an engineering degree.

Professional career

Chicago Cardinals

Colhouer was selected by the Chicago Cardinals with the 71st pick in the 1946 NFL Draft. He played in 32 games, starting three, for the Cardinals from 1946 to 1948.

New York Giants

Colhouer played in eight games, starting two, for the New York Giants during the 1949 season.

Personal life

Colhouer moved to

Lake Oswego, Oregon Lake Oswego () is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon, primarily in Clackamas County, with small portions extending into neighboring Multnomah and Washington counties. Located about south of Portland and surrounding the Oswego Lake, the town was ...

in 1956 and owned and operated Colhouer Demolition Co. He was also co-founder of Community Bank in Lake Oswego and Lake Oswego Montessori School. He retired in 1983 and donated his business to the Oregon Association of Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Colhouer, Jake 1922 births 1998 deaths Players of American football from Oklahoma American football guards Oklahoma State Cowboys football players Chicago Cardinals players New York Giants players 20th-century American businesspeople Businesspeople from Oklahoma People from Altus, Oklahoma Sportspeople from Lake Oswego, Oregon