Ken Barefoot American football player
Kenneth David Barefoot (born October 11, 1945 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions. He played college football at Virginia Tech and played in the 1967 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN. He was selected to play for the East in the 43rd East–West Shrine Bowl in San Francisco under Coach Ara Parseghian and for the South in the 19th Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama under Coach Hank Stram. He held the record for most touchdown receptions by a tight end at VA Tech for over 35 years. Barefoot was drafted by the Washington Redskins as their 4th pick in the fifth round of the 1968 NFL Draft where he was coached by Otto Graham and Vince Lombardi. He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.