Eddie Prokop was an NFL Back in the 1940s. He was the first pick (4th overall) in the 1945 Draft for the Boston Yanks

Boston Yanks

The Boston Yanks were a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts that played from 1944 to 1948. The team played its home games at Fenway Park. Games that conflicted with the Boston Red Sox schedule were held at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts...

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College

Prokop played college football Georgia Tech

Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...

 under coach William Alexander and was a 1969 Hall of Fame inductee there. In the 1944 Sugar Bowl Prokop led his #13 Yellow Jackets to victory versus #15 ranked Tulsa. In that game he rushed for 199 yards, threw a touchdown and kicked two extra points in a 20-18 win. The Sugar Bowl did not yet award an MVP award until 1948.

NFL

Prokop was the second ever of five 1st overall picks by the now defunct Boston Yanks

Boston Yanks

The Boston Yanks were a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts that played from 1944 to 1948. The team played its home games at Fenway Park. Games that conflicted with the Boston Red Sox schedule were held at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts...

. He played for the Yanks in the 1946 and 1947 seasons. Prokop played the 1948 season as a member of the Chicago Rockets only to return to Boston for his final season as a professional.

Awards/Honors

• Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame (1969)
• 4th Overall Pick NFL Draft 1st Round Boston Yanks (1945)
• Sugar Bowl MVP (1944)- The award did not yet exist, however it is widely agreed that Prokop was the "man of the day" even according to the Sugar Bowl itself leading the winning team in both rushing and passing, even kicking a pair of extra points.