Jack Katz
American football player
Who is Jack Katz?
Jack Katz is an American businessman and the founder and chief executive officer of the Panama Jack Company.
Katz attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a lineman for coach Ray Graves' Florida Gators football team from 1962 to 1964. He was a starting starting defensive lineman for the Gators, and was one of the heroes of the Gators' 10–6 upset of the Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa in 1963. Katz was a third-team All-Southeastern Conference selection in 1963. He was also a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity at Florida.
Katz graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in education in 1965, and was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Distinguished Letter Winner" in 2008.
In 1974, Katz founded the Panama Jack Company, an international purveyor of suncare, beachwear and tropical lifestyle products.
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- University of Florida
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- Florida
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on July 23, 2013
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