Luft, Donald (Athlete)

Donald Richard Luft, son of Henry Luft & Catherine Luft, was born 14 February 1930 in Winnebago Co., Wisconsin.

Don Luft played football for Indiana University and was the university athlete to letter in three sports in one year: basketball, baseball, and football.

He was a defensive end with the National Football League and played for the Philadelphia Eagles during the 1954 season. He also played for the Calgary Stampeders and Hamilton Tiger Cats.

He returned to Indiana and worked in Indiana University Athletics.

He died 19 June 2002 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Luft's Volga German ancestors came from the colony of Yagodnaya Polyana.