caption draftyear finalyear death_date birth_place debutyear statvalue article_title position draftround college birth_date image draftpick statlabel name
butkovich -rrb- and kasap -lrb- 64 -rrb- in 1943 carrying ball behind blocking from buscemi -lrb- 50 1944 -- 18 april 1945 st. david , illinois -- -- -- -- tony butkovich
 fullback 1 illinois , purdue 4 april 1921 tony butkovich.jpg 11 rushing attempts-yards receptions-yards touchdowns tony butkovich
tony butkovich

anthony j. `` tony '' butkovich -lrb- april 4 , 1921 -- april 18 , 1945 -rrb- was an american football fullback from the university of illinois and spent his last year at purdue .
he was drafted by the cleveland rams in the first round of the 1944 nfl draft , but never played professional football .
instead he enlisted in the us marines and fought in world war ii .
