He also played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the BC Lions.
Mrkonic played college football at the University of Kansas from 1950 to 1952.
He was also the punter for the Jayhawks, and led Kansas in punting stats in 1951.
[2] In 1956, he tried the Canadian Football League, playing only one game with the BC Lions.
[1] He later retired and moved to Shawnee Mission Kansas, where he lived with his wife Ruth.