Associated Press

TUPELO, Miss. -- Ken Kirk, a co-captain on the 1959 Ole Miss national championship football team, has died at a Tupelo hospital. He was 71.

Kirk died Monday at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness.

The Tupelo native lettered for three seasons at Ole Miss as a fullback and center. He played four years at linebacker in the NFL, playing games for the Chicago Bears (1960-61), Pittsburgh (1962) and the Los Angeles Rams (1963).

Members of the 1959 Rebel team are to be honored at Saturday's LSU-Ole Miss game in Oxford.