Ken Dunek

{{Short description|American football player (born 1957)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Ken Dunek

| image =

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| number = 86

| position = Tight end

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|6|20}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lbs = 235

| high_school = Marengo (IL)

| college = Memphis State

| undraftedyear = 1980

| pastteams =

• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1980}})
• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1982}})*
• New York Giants (1982)*
• Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars ({{USFL Year|1983}}–{{USFL Year|1985}})

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 2

| pfr = DuneKe20

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Kenneth Robert Dunek (born June 20, 1957) is a former professional American football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and in the United States Football League (USFL) for the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars.

Dunek attended college at Memphis State (now known as University of Memphis) and played forward on the basketball team. He switched to football his senior year in hopes of playing in the NFL. In 1980, he earned a spot on the Philadelphia Eagles roster as a tight end and played for one season. He now resides in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, and works as an author, motivational speaker, film producer, and publisher of JerseyMan and PhillyMan Magazines.{{cite web |title=Star-studded career for one player |url=https://articles.philly.com/2014-07-18/sports/51663618_1_training-camp-carl-peterson-spags |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810042239/http://articles.philly.com/2014-07-18/sports/51663618_1_training-camp-carl-peterson-spags |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2014 |accessdate=October 2, 2014 |publisher=Articles.philly.com}}DiStefano, Joseph N. [https://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/Philadelphias_football_Stars_in_movie_project.html "'Forgotten' Philadelphia Stars in football-movie project"], The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 22, 2010. Accessed November 30, 2017. "We were the last true champion in Philadelphia football. We call it "the Team that Time Forgot",' says ex-Stars tight ened Ken Dunek.... Dunek retired to Mount Laurel, whe he runs KRD Marketing LLC; the long-ago Memphis State U journalism student self-published a book of real-life stories last Spring."{{sic}}