draftyear finalyear death_place death_date birth_place debutyear statvalue article_title position draftround college birth_date nfl draftpick statlabel
1940 1940 glendora , california 8 november 1993 oklahoma city , oklahoma 1940 11 -- 7 11 -- 91 1 john shirk
 end , defensive end 4 oklahoma 24 june 1917 shi641801 26 games played -- started receptions -- yards interceptions
john shirk

john francis shirk -lrb- june 24 , 1917 -- november 11 , 1993 -rrb- was a professional american football end and defensive end in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- .
he played one season for the chicago cardinals .
during world war ii , he served as a captain in the field artillery .
during the invasion of salerno , he was captured and held in a german prisoner of war camp in poland .
