Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Andy Robustelli, New York Giants'...

...Hall of Fame defensive end, died at age 85:

Robustelli was a 19th-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Rams in 1951 out of tiny Arnold College in Milford, Conn.

He played in eight N.F.L. championship games, two with the Rams and six with the Giants after joining them in 1956. He was a first-team All-Pro six times, received the Maxwell Club’s Bert Bell Award as the N.F.L.’s most outstanding player in 1962 and recovered 22 fumbles. He missed only one game in his 14 seasons, in the last three doubling as a Giants assistant. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
 
Robustelli was only 6' 1" tall and weighed 230 pounds.

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