Early Life
Knox was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Whenever Knox felt something was common sense, he would say it was "eighth-grade Sewickley."
The son of a steel worker who had emigrated from Ireland and a Scottish-born mother, Knox developed into a 190-pound tackle at Juniata College in Huntington, Pennsylvania, playing on both sides of the ball and serving as co-captain of the 1953 unit, the first undefeated team in school history. Also competing in track, Knox graduated in 1954.
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