Dan Ryczek
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Date of birth | August 24, 1949 |
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Place of birth | Painesville, Ohio |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Center |
College | Virginia |
NFL draft | 1971 / Round: 13 / Pick: 322 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1973–1975 | Washington Redskins |
1976–1977 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
1978–1979 | Los Angeles Rams |
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Daniel Stanley Ryczek (born August 24, 1949 in Painesville, Ohio)[1] is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Los Angeles Rams, his last game was playing for the LA Rams in Super Bowl 14.
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. Ryczekd 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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