American football player and politician

Paul Krause

Paul James Krause is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins. Krause established himself as a proficient defensive force against opposing wide receivers. He led the league with 12 interceptions as a rookie before going on to set the NFL career interceptions record with 81 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998. Krause was selected eight times to the Pro Bowl during his 16 seasons in the NFL and is considered to be among the greatest safeties in NFL history.

Born

1942

February 19

Died

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1940s

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1942 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

197 Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
356 The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire.
607 Pope Boniface III is consecrated in Rome.
1594 Having already been elected to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.

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The world in 1942

When Paul arrived

april 15 World War II: The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
april 17 World War II: French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
april 18 World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
april 18 Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.

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Nicolaus Copernicus 1473–1543 Prussian mathematician and astronomer (died 1543) Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 1960– second son of Elizabeth II David Bronstein 1924–2006 Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player and theoretician (born 1924) Homer Hickam 1943– American author and engineer K. Viswanath 1930–2023 Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023) Nikola Jokić 1995– Serbian basketball player Norm O'Neill 1937– Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2008) Raúl Grijalva 1948–2025 United States representative from Arizona (died 2025) Reynhard Sinaga 1983– Indonesian sex offender

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Same-year contemporaries

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Alvin Stardust 1942–2014 English singer and actor (born 1942) Andraé Crouch 1942–2015 American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942) Andrew Robinson 1942– American actor and director Bill Conti 1942– American composer and conductor Bob Hoskins 1942–2014 English actor (born 1942) Connie Hawkins 1942– American basketball player (died 2017) Danny Schechter 1942–2015 American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015) David Stern 1942–2020 American lawyer and businessman (born 1942) Dino Zoff 1942– Italian footballer

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