Kenneth Roskie (November 29, 1920 – August 18, 1986) was a player in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the

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in the thirty-second round of the

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. Later he went on to play for the San Francisco 49ers of the

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(AAFC) before splitting the

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between the Packers and the

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. Roskie later became a coach, including at Washington from 1951 to 1953.

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1920 births 1985 deaths American football fullbacks Detroit Lions players Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football players Green Bay Packers players San Francisco 49ers (AAFC) players South Carolina Gamecocks football players Washington Huskies football coaches Players of American football from Rockford, Illinois San Francisco 49ers players {{runningback-1920s-stub