Dan Ryczek

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Dan Ryczek
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Personal information
Born: (1949-08-24) August 24, 1949 (age 75)
Painesville, Ohio, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:249 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school: Mentor (OH)
College: Virginia
NFL draft: 1971  / round: 13 / pick: 322
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:102
Games started:26
Fumble recoveries:4
Player stats at PFR

Daniel Stanley Ryczek (born August 24, 1949) [1] is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Los Angeles Rams, his last game was playing for the Rams in Super Bowl XIV.

Football career

Ryczek played at Mentor High School in Ohio. He played college football at the University of Virginia, where he was the 1970 co-captain and received the 1970 Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the best blocking offensive lineman. Ryczek was drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1971 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins and Head Coach George Allen. [2] In the Expansion draft in 1976, he was selected by the new Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 1978, he was traded to the Los Angeles Rams, back to George Allen, the new head coach or the Rams.

His brother Paul also played for Virginia and in the NFL. [2]

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References

  1. "Dan Ryczek". NFL.com. National Football League. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Dan Ryczek". Pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016. his parents were Stanley Ryczek and his mom was Helen Ryczek (Gorman) without their support and hard work to give our family a real opportunity to succeed, nothing I did would have been possible.