Kenneth Andrew Kranz is a former NFL

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 football player.

Kranz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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 and graduated from Custer High School

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. He went on to play football for four years at the Milwaukee State Teachers College, currently known as the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. The Green Bay Packers

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 selected Kranz in the 21st round of the 1949 NFL Draft

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. Kranz played defensive back

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 for the Packers in six or seven games of the 1949 season before leaving the team to return to school. He earned $3,500 for the season.

Kranz went on to teach for 32 years at Browning Elementary School of Milwaukee Public Schools

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. As of 2004 he lived in Sussex, Wisconsin

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