playing_years databasefootball death_place death_date draftedround birth_place playing_team collegehof hof article_title position birth_date draftedpick college name draftedyear
1938 markovic01 seattle , washington 7 december 1998 4 chicago , illinois cleveland rams 30136 30136 vic markov
 tackle december 28 , 1915 26 washington vic markov 1938
vic markov

victor william markov -lrb- december 28 , 1915 - december 7 , 1998 -rrb- was an american football player .
he played college football for the washington huskies .
he was elected to the college football hall of fame in 1976 .
vic markov is of croat origin .
markov was a unanimous choice as a lineman on the university 's centennial team .
he earned nine varsity letters in football , wrestling and track and field .
after college , he played professional football with the cleveland rams in the national football league before joining the army .
during world war ii , he landed at normandy as a company commander with gen. george patton 's third army .
he earned the bronze star , the purple heart and five battle stars while fighting in the battles of the bulge and the ardennes .
