Complex sentence: The only son of a fisherman and a homemaker, Kordich was born and raised in San Pedro, Calif. After 3 years in the Navy, he won a football scholarship to the University of Southern California and in 1949 was drafted by the Green Bay Packers.
Split into simpler sentences: The only son of a fisherman and a homemaker, Kordich was born and raised in San Pedro, California. After three years in the United States Navy, he won a football scholarship to the University of Southern California and in 1949 was drafted by the Green Bay Packers.