Vic Markov
{{NFL.com player}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata. Vic Markov (born December 28, 1915 - December 7, 1998) was an American football player. He played college football for the Washington Huskies. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976.
Markov was a unanimous choice as a lineman on the university's centennial team. He earned nine varsity letters in football, wrestling and track and field. After college, he played professional football with the Cleveland Rams in the National Football League before joining the Army.
During World War II, he landed at Normandy as a company commander with Gen. George Patton's Third Army. He earned the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and five battle stars while fighting in the Battles of the Bulge and the Ardennes.
External links
"Vic Markov, 82, Football Hall of Famer". The New York Times. December 18, 1998. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
- 1915 births
- 1998 deaths
- People from Chicago, Illinois
- American football offensive tackles
- American football defensive tackles
- Washington Huskies football players
- Cleveland Rams players
- United States Army officers
- American military personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Bronze Star Medal
- Recipients of the Purple Heart medal
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- American sportspeople of Croatian descent
- American football offensive lineman, 1910s birth stubs
- American football defensive lineman, pre-1920 birth stubs
- College football stubs