Tim Vogler

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Tim Vogler
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Position: Offensive guard
Personal information
Born: (1956-12-20) December 20, 1956 (age 66)
Covington, Ohio
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:259 lb (117 kg)
Career information
High school: Covington
College: Ohio State
Undrafted: 1979
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • Ralph C Wilson Distinguished Service Award (1990)

Timothy Gene Vogler (born December 20, 1956 in Troy, Ohio) is a retired American football guard who played in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at Ohio State University. [1]

Vogler was not selected in the 1979 NFL Draft, but signed with the Bills later that year. [2] Initially a reserve, he became a full-time starter with the Bills by 1985, when he started 14 games. [2] Although he also filled in at center on occasion, [3] Vogler spent much of the next four seasons as Buffalo's starter at right guard. [2] [4] Vogler suffered a knee injury that forced him to miss the Bills' run to the 1989 AFC Championship. [5] After knee surgery during the off-season, [6] Vogler's Buffalo career ended after the 1989 preseason when he was placed on the physically unable to perform list. [7]

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