Linebacker, Illinois, to 1957
Ray Nitschke
- Born
- Dec 29, 1936, in Elmwood Park, Illinois
- Died
- Mar 8, 1998, in Venice, Florida
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Ray Nitschke played linebacker at Illinois (to 1957). The Green Bay Packers took Nitschke in round 3, No. 36 overall in the 1958 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowl: 1964 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 1964 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (1962–63, 1965, 1967)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1964; AP second team 1962–63, 1965, 1967; Pro Football Writers second team 1969.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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