Ken Barefoot

Tight end, American football player

1945 –

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Who is Ken Barefoot?

Kenneth David Barefoot is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions. He played college football at Virginia Tech and played in the 1967 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN. He was selected to play for the East in the 43rd EAST WEST SHRINE BOWL in San Francisco under Coach ARA PARSEGHIAN and for the South in the 19th SENIOR BOWL in Mobile, Alabama under Coach HANK STRAM. He held the record for most touchdown receptions by a tight end at VA Tech for over 35 years. Barefoot was draftedby the Washington Redskins as their 4th pick in the fifth round of the 1968 NFL Draftwhere he was coached by OTTO GRAHAM and VINCE LOMBARDI. He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Born
Oct 11, 1945
Portsmouth
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Virginia Tech
Lived in
  • Portsmouth

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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