What is Ken Casanega?
{{Infobox NFL player |name=Ken Casanega |image=Ken Casenega.png |caption=Casanega pictured in ''The Last Roundup'' 1942, Santa Clara yearbook |image_size= |number= |position=[[Quarterback]] |birth_date={{birth date|1921|2|18}} |birth_place=[[Alameda County, California]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2021|10|10|1921|2|18}} |death_place=[[Medford, Oregon]], U.S. |height_ft=5 |height_in=11 |weight_lbs=175 |high_school=[[Castlemont High School|Oakland (CA) Castlemont]] |college=[[Santa Clara Broncos football|Santa Clara]] |draftyear=1942 |draftround=3 |draftpick=16 |pastteams= * [[San Francisco 49ers]] ({{NFL Year|1946}}, {{NFL Year|1948}}) | statlabel1 = Rushing attempts | statvalue1 = 29 | statlabel2 = Rushing yards | statvalue2 = 90 | statlabel3 = Rushing touchdowns | statvalue3 = 1 | statlabel4 = Receptions | statvalue4 = 5 | statlabel5 = Receiving yards | statvalue5 = 102 | statlabel6 = Receiving touchdowns | statvalue6 = 1 |nflnew=kencasanega/2511229 |pfr=C/CasaKe20 }} '''Kenneth Thomas Casanega''' (February 18, 1921 – October 10, 2021) was an [[American football]] [[quarterback]]. He played two seasons with the [[San Francisco 49ers]] in 1946 and 1948.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/HUMBLE-BEGINNINGS-In-46-49ers-made-S-F-a-2470060.php|title=Humble Beginnings / In '46, 49ers made S.F. a big-league sports town|first=David|last=Bush|date=September 5, 2006|website=SFGate|access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref> Casanega died in [[Medford, Oregon]] on October 11, 2021, at the age of 100.<ref>[https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers/article/Ken-Casanega-last-living-member-of-original-16534241.php Ken Casanega, last living member of original 49ers, dies at 100]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Casanega, Ken}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:American football quarterbacks]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:San Francisco 49ers players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from California]] {{