TUPELO, Miss. (AP) -- Ken Kirk, a co-captain on the 1959 Ole Miss national championship football team, has died at a Tupelo hospital. He was 71.
Kirk died Monday at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Officials at Holland Funeral Directors in Tupelo say funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Kirk, a native of Tupelo, lettered for three seasons at Ole Miss as a fullback and center.
Kirk played four years at linebacker in the NFL, playing games for Chicago (1960-61), Pittsburgh (1962) and Los Angeles (1963).
A list of survivors was not immediately available.
Members of the 1959 Rebel team are to be honored at Saturday's LSU-Ole Miss game in Oxford.
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