Read the bio below and try to give details on rudy smeja 's: - death place - position - databasefootball - death date - college - birth date - name - image - birth place Bio: rudolph m. smeja -lrb- december 1 , 1920 -- october 1982 -rrb- was an american football player . smeja played at the end position for the university of michigan from 1941 to 1943 . in november 1943 , smeja intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter in a 23 -- 6 win over the indiana hoosiers . at the end of the 1943 season , smeja was selected as the starting left end for the eastern all-star team to play in the east-west shrine game in san francisco on new year 's day 1944 . he was drafted by the chicago bears in the third round -lrb- 24th overall pick -rrb- of the 1944 nfl draft and played 18 games for the bears in the 1944 and 1945 nfl seasons . in the last game of the 1944 season , smeja leaped high to spear a touchdown pass from sid luckman to help the bears beat the previously unbeaten philadelphia eagles . in 1946 , smeja played for the philadelphia eagles . smeja died in 1982 at age 61 .
- death place is unknown- position is end- databasefootball is smejarud01- death date is october 1982- college is michigan- birth date is december 1 , 1920- name is rudy smeja- image is rudy smeja.jpg- birth place is chicago , illinois