Joe Krol
Quarterback, American football player
1919 – 2008
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Who was Joe Krol?
Joe "King" Krol was a Canadian football quarterback, running back, defensive back, and placekicker/punter from 1942 to 1953 and 1955. Considered as possibly the most versatile player in Canadian football history as a triple-threat to pass, run, and kick, he was one of Canada's greatest athletes and also famously known as a "Gold Dust Twin" for his teamwork with Royal Copeland. After suffering from a fall in his apartment, Krol died in a Toronto hospital on December 16, 2008.
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- Born
- Feb 20, 1919
Hamilton - Also known as
- Joe "King" Krol
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- University of Western Ontario
- Lived in
- Hamilton
- Died
- Dec 16, 2008
Toronto
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on July 23, 2013
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