Esco "Sark" Sarkkinen (April 9, 1918 – February 28, 1998) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Ohio State University from 1937 to 1939 and was a consensus first-team end on the 1939 College Football All-America Team. He also served as an assistant coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 1946 to 1978. Early life Sarkkinen's parents, Eino Sr. and Rauha "Rose" Sarkkinen, were Finnish emigrants; his father was from Oulu and had emigrated to New York City in 1914, and his mother had emigrated to the United States in 1904. References 1918 births 1998 deaths American football ends Manhattan Beach Coast Guard Depth Bombers football players Ohio State Buckeyes football coaches Ohio State Buckeyes football players All-American college football players People from Conneaut, Ohio People from Lake County, Ohio Players of American football from Ohio American people of Finnish descent