:Kay Eakin

{{Short description|American football player (1917–1993)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Kay Eakin

| number = 12, 96

| position = Halfback

| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|8|3}}

| birth_place = Atkins, Arkansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|2|15|1917|8|3}}

| death_place = Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 180

| high_school = Lee (Marianna, Arkansas)

| college = Arkansas

| draftyear = 1940

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 3

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1940|1941}})
• Miami Seahawks (1946)

| highlights =

• First-team All-SWC (1939)
• Second-team All-SWC (1938)

| statlabel1 = Passing yards

| statvalue1 = 601

| statlabel2 = TD-INT

| statvalue2 = 3-12

| statlabel3 = Passer rating

| statvalue3 = 27.2

| pfr = EakiKa20

}}

Oliver Kay Eakin Jr. (August 3, 1917 – February 15, 1993) was an American football player in the National Football League (NFL) and the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He was the third overall pick in the 1940 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1940 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1940/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

Eakin played college football at the University of Arkansas, and was selected in the first round of the 1940 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played halfback and fullback with the New York Giants in 1941 and 1942, and returned with the Miami Seahawks in 1946. In between, he served in the US Army during WWII where he rose the rank of sergeant.{{cite web |title=Oliver Kay Eakin Jr. |website=Find a Grave |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/610430/oliver-kay-eakin |access-date=6 March 2024}}