Roy McKasson
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Kellogg, Idaho, U.S.
| Profile | |
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| Position | Center |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 23, 1939 Kellogg, Idaho, U.S. |
| Died | January 23, 1998 (aged 58) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Clover Park |
| College | Washington |
| Career history | |
| 1961 | Edmonton Eskimos |
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Roy William McKasson (August 23, 1939 – January 23, 1998) was an American football player.
McKasson played for the Washington Huskies football team from 1959 to 1961.[1] He also played one year of professional football for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the second-team center on the 1959 All-Pacific Coast football team and as the first-team center on the 1960 All-Pacific Coast football team. He was also selected by the AP,[2] Newspaper Enterprise Association,[3] and Football Writers Association of America[4] as the first-team center on the 1960 College Football All-America Team.
McKasson was inducted into the Washington Huskies Hall of Fame in 1987. He died in 1998 as the result of complications from a kidney transplant.[5][6]