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Harry Ulinski, who helped lead UK to Orange Bowl, dies

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Harry J. Ulinski, who helped lead the University of Kentucky football team to an Orange Bowl appearance in 1950 and later was an All-Pro selection, died Sunday at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville. He was 83.

A U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, Mr. Ulinski played football for University of Kentucky Coach Bear Bryant and was one of "Bear's Boys." Before graduating in 1950, the center/linebacker was named All-SEC and honorable mention All-America. He was a senior co-captain of the 1950 Orange Bowl team, which lost to Santa Clara, 21-13. Mr. Ulinski played professionally with the Washington Redskins and the Ottawa Rough Riders.

Mr. Ulinski was inducted into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.

He retired as a salesman from Hubbell Metals and National Steel Corp.

Visitation will be 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Foreman Funeral Home, 10600 Taylorsville Road, Jeffersontown. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Unitarian Church, 809 South Fourth Street, Louisville.