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Position | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born | Rockford, Illinois, U.S. | November 19, 1938||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||
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High school | Rockford East | ||||||
College | Wisconsin | ||||||
NFL draft | 1960: 6th round, 62nd overall pick | ||||||
AFL draft | 1960: 1st round | ||||||
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Jerry Stalcup (born November 19, 1938) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers. Stalcup was selected in the sixth round of the 1960 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams and played that season with the team. [1] He was later drafted in the 1961 NFL expansion draft by the Minnesota Vikings, but instead went on to play two seasons with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League. In 1965, he returned to his high school in Rockford to serve as the defensive coordinator. In 1974, he and head Coach Robert Pellant led Rockford East to a state championship in the first year the high school football playoffs were held in Illinois. [2]