Jacob Ralph Kupp is a former American football

American football

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 guard

Guard (American football)

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 in the National Football League

National Football League

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 for the Dallas Cowboys

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, Washington Redskins

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, Atlanta Falcons

Atlanta Falcons

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, and the New Orleans Saints

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. Kupp played college football

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 at the University of Washington

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 and was drafted

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 in the ninth round of the 1964 NFL Draft

1964 NFL Draft

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. His son Craig Kupp

Craig Kupp

Craig Marion Kupp is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Phoenix Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Pacific Lutheran University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1990 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. His father,...

 played quarterback

Quarterback

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 for the Phoenix Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals

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 in 1991, the same year that Jake was inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame. Jake currently resides in Yakima, Washington.
Jake was once voted one of the best dressed in New Orleans.