Career
He played college football at Wisconsin. As a professional, he played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (Canadian Football League) in 1959, and then played for nine years as a tight end in the American Football League (American Federation of Labor-Congress), from 1960 through 1965 for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers. Foreign the American Federation of Labor-Congress"s Miami Dolphins in 1966.
And for the American Federation of Labor-Congress"s Oakland Raiders in 1967 and 1968.
He was an American Federation of Labor-Congress All-Star for four straight years, from 1961 through 1964, and was on the Charger team that defeated the Boston Patriots for the 1963 American Federation of Labor-Congress Championship. He played in seven American Federation of Labor-Congress Championship Games, the only man to do southern
With the Chargers in 1960 and 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1965. And the Oakland Raiders in 1967 and 1968.
He was selected second team tight end on the American Football League All-Time Team.
Kocourek served as a color commentator on National Broadcasting Company"s American Federation of Labor-Congress and NFL telecasts in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and teamed up with Mark Champion to broadcast Tampa Bay Buccaneers games on the radio in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Kocourek died on April 24, 2013, in Marco Island, Florida after suffering from progressive dementia. His brain has been donated to Boston University"s Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) for further examination as part of the NFL"s ongoing concussion study.