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American football player (1911–2010)
American football player
Ralph Godfrey Kercheval (December 1, 1911 – October 6, 2010) was an
American football
running back and
punter . He played seven seasons in the
National Football League (NFL) for the
Brooklyn Dodgers .
[1] He was a prominent football player in college at
Kentucky , chosen as the placekicker for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1920–1969 era.
[2]
Thoroughbred horse racing
Kercheval grew up in the heartland of American
Thoroughbred
horse breeding . He graduated from the
University of Kentucky with a degree in
animal husbandry and before playing pro football went to work for renowned racing stable owner,
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney . When his football career ended, Kercheval returned to the
Thoroughbred horse racing industry.
During
World War II , Kercheval served with the
cavalry in the
United States Army .
He worked for a number of years as a
trainer and was manager of
Alfred G. Vanderbilt II's
Sagamore Farm in
Glyndon, Maryland from 1948 to 1958 and from 1969 to 1979 with
Walter J. Salmon Jr.'s
Mereworth Farm in his native Lexington. During 1971–1972, Kercheval also served as the President of the Thoroughbred Club of America.
He was a distant cousin of
Dallas star
Ken Kercheval .
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