Pete Duranko
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Position: | Defensive end |
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Born: | (1943-12-15)December 15, 1943 Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died: | July 8, 2011(2011-07-08) (aged 67) Windber, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Notre Dame |
NFL draft: | 1966 / Round: 4 / Pick: 61 |
AFL draft: | 1966 / Round: Red Shirt 2 / Pick: 12 (by the Denver Broncos)[1] |
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Peter Nicholas Duranko[2] (December 15, 1943 – July 8, 2011) was a college and professional American football player. A defensive end, he played college football at the University of Notre Dame, and his professional career for the Denver Broncos. He had also been drafted by the Cleveland Browns. Duranko was an All-American and a member of Notre Dame's 1966 national champion team.
At Bishop McCort High School, he played football, ran track, and was a shot putter. He was inducted into the Pennsylvania State Hall of Fame.[3]
Duranko earned a Master's degree from St. Francis University of Loretto, Pennsylvania. After his playing days, he became a steel company executive. Duranko died in 2011 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which he had had since 2000. Postmortem research showed that Duranko had developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy.[4] He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "1966 AFL Draft". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ "Pete Duranko profile" pro-football-reference.com August 14, 2011
- ^ "Johnstown native Pete Duranko dies". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Associated Press. July 11, 2011. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011.
- ^ "110 N.F.L. Brains". New York Times. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)". Concussion Legacy Foundation. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ^ Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller (June 20, 2023). "Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
External links
- Pete Duranko at Find a Grave
- Pete Duranko memorial page via Wayback Machine
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