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- | ====== Raymond Kuffel ====== | + | ====== Raymond |
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- | ===== High School Career ===== | + | ===== 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 | ||
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+ | ===== Marquette Football | ||
+ | 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 | ||
- | ===== Marquette Career ===== | ||
- | Ray lettered on the basketball team from 1941-43 and again in 1946-47. | ||
- | === Accolades === | ||
*1946 All-American | *1946 All-American | ||
*1946 All-Catholic All-American | *1946 All-Catholic All-American | ||
- | *Second Recipient of Marquette' | + | *1947 [[McCahill Award]] Winner |
*1996 M Club Hall of Fame Inductee | *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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+ | ===== Links ===== | ||
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