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- | **Height:** 6' | ||
- | **Weight:** 213 \\ | ||
- | **Born:** December 9th, 1921 \\ | ||
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- | ===== High School Career ===== | ||
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- | ===== Marquette Basketball Career (1941-1943) ===== | ||
- | Ray Kuffel joined the Marquette Basketball team in 1941, and made an immediate impact, leading the team in scoring during the 1941-42 season with 8.4 PPG. He again lead the team in scoring in 1942-43 with 8.9 ppg. Expected to be a big contributor as a junior in 1943-44, he instead was drafted into the Army and stationed in South Bend, Indiana. | ||
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- | ===== Notre Dame Career (1943-1945) ===== | ||
- | While in South Bend, Kuffel was a member of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football team, where he started at Wide Receiver for two years. | ||
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- | ===== Marquette Basketball Career (1946-1947) ===== | ||
- | After his commitment to the Army ended with the end of World War II, Kuffel returned to Milwaukee to attend the Marquette Dental School. | ||
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- | ===== Marquette Football Career (1941-1942, 1946) ===== | ||
- | Kuffel was a three year letter winner in football at Marquette, where he was a starter at Wide Receiver. | ||
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- | === Football Accolades === | ||
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- | *1946 All-American | ||
- | *1946 All-Catholic All-American | ||
- | *1947 [[McCahill Award]] Winner | ||
- | *1996 M Club Hall of Fame Inductee | ||
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- | ===== Professional Career ===== | ||
- | Kuffel was drafted in Round 20 of the 1944 NFL Draft by the then Chicago Cardinals. | ||
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- | ===== Life After Sports ===== | ||
- | Upon retiring from professional football, Kuffel returned to Marquette where he completed his DDS, and became a prominent dentist in the Milwaukee area. | ||
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