Paul Michael "Socko" Szakash (May 5, 1913 – October 24, 1984) was an American football player.
[2][3] After playing every minute of every game in 1935, he missed the 1936 season after sustaining a ruptured appendix.
[3] Szakash also played baseball as a catcher for the Missoula club for several years.
[10] He missed the 1940 NFL season with a fractured ankle sustained while playing baseball in Montana.
[11] In March 1945, Szakash enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.