1959 Profile: Jim Katcavage

Defensive End
No. 75
Dayton

"Katcavage was picked No. 4 in last winter's draft as a great defensive end prospect. A real crasher, he co-captained the Flyers. He was named to the second All-American team of INS and selected to the East-West Shrine Game.

Katcavage majored in industrial management. His hometown is Philadelphia."

-1956 Jay Publishing

"Katcavage is a four-star football player who may become one of the greats of the game. As a rookie last year he filled in at both defensive ends and at tackle. A real crasher, and a nightmare to enemy passers, he may be shifted to defensive tackle this season.

The No. 4 draft pick in 1956, Katcavage has just completed six months of active Army service. His hometown is Philadelphia."

-1957 Jay Publishing

"Jim Katcavage (75) has drawn as tough an assignment as any lineman could get in his sophomore season with the Giants. He is being asked to fill the shoes of Rosy Grier in the right tackle slot of the Giant rush line. That's not exactly a surprise.

Pegged at Dayton as a destructive end, he was the Giants' No. 4 draft choice last year and came through brilliantly as an all-purpose defensive lineman. The rawboned, rugged 230-pounder hails from Philadelphia."

-1957 New York Giants Official Program (Yankee Stadium)

"At Dayton, Jim Katcavage (75) did not have much chance to capture the spotlight. But Giant scouts had him tabbed as a great prospect. A No. 4 draft choice in 1956, he was a key rushliner on the championship team of that year.

A rugged 230-pounder who likes to mix it, he does a capable job anywhere up front, on defense or offense."

-1958 New York Giants Official Program (Yankee Stadium)

"He's another defensive terror who shuttles from tackle to end. Jim came to the club in 1956 after a sensational career at Dayton U., where he was co-captain and majored in industrial management.

Jim lives in Philadelphia."

-Pro Football Handbook 1959

"Jim Katcavage (75)  is one of the glowing examples of how the NFL develops its own stars. At Dayton, Jim didn't have much chance to grab the spotlight. But the Giant scouts spotted his talent. He's was drafted No. 4 in 1956 and has put his 230 pounds to effective use on the defensive rushline ever since.

He's a Philadelphian."

-1959 New York Giants Official Program (Yankee Stadium, November 8)

"Jim Katcavage was drafted No. 4 in 1956. An immediate hit, he showed great potential as a rookie and contributed to the championship effort. Among the best in the league at end or tackle on defense, Coach Howell prefers him at end.

Katcavage was a co-captain at Dayton, made the Second All-America team of INS and played in the East-West Game. He majored in industrial management.

He was born on October 28, 1934. He put in six months of Army service between the 1956 and '57 seasons."

-1959 Cleveland Browns Official Program