Records of John Kowalik on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Kowalik and the Kowalik Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kowalik Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Kowalik family tree.

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Some Famous People called John Kowalik

John Kowalik

John F. Kowalik, Sr. (May 10, 1910 – January 7, 1978) was an American football player.

Kowalik was born in 1910. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1931 to 1933. During Kowalik's three seasons as a starter, the Michigan football team compiled a record of 24–1–02, including consecutive national championships for the 1932 and 1933 teams. He was a teammate of future President of the United States Gerald Ford on the 1932 and 1933 Michigan teams. While at Michigan, Kowalik was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and the Druids. He graduated from Michigan in 1934 with a bachelor of science degree in education.

After graduating from Michigan, Kowalik played professional football for the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1934.

Kowalik and his wife, Frances (LaRowe), had a son, John, Jr., and three daughters, Carolyn, Mary, and Janet. John Jr. played college football as a halfback for the University of Michigan from 1960 to 1962.

Kowalik lived in Franklin, Michigan, in his later years. He was employed as the automotive sales manager for Precision Casting Co. He died in January 1978 at Grace Hospital in Detroit.

Source: John Kowalik, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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