Ralph Joseph Chesnauskas (born c. 1935) was an

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player.

Early years

Chesnauskas grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts. He was an honor student at Brockton High School and on the school's football team as an end and on the baseball team as an outfielder.

Military Academy

He entered the

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in 1952. At the Academy, he was moved from end to

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. As a sophomore, he also converted 21 of 25 extra point kicks. He was also described by Army coach Earl Blaik as a "furious but heady defensive player." He was selected by the

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as a first-team player on its 1954 All-America college football team. He also played baseball at Army and hit the longest home run ever at West Point.

Later years

Chesnauskas was inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

References

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