Birth Date: | July 21, 1945 |
Birth Place: | White Plains, New York, U.S. |
Number: | 50, 70, 55, 60 |
Position1: | Guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 255 |
College: | Boston College |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1967 |
Nfldraftedround: | 1 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 9 |
Nfldraftedteam: | Green Bay Packers |
Playing Years1: | 1967–1969 |
Playing Team1: | Green Bay Packers |
Playing Years2: | 1970 |
Playing Team2: | Chicago Bears |
Playing Years3: | 1971–1975 |
Playing Team3: | New York Giants |
Playing Years4: | 1976 |
Playing Team4: | Green Bay Packers |
Playing Years5: | 1977 |
Playing Team5: | New England Patriots |
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Nfl: | HYL415291 |
Databasefootball: | HYLANBOB01 |
Robert Joseph Hyland (born July 21, 1945) is a former American football guard who played eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, New York Giants, and the New England Patriots. He played college football at Boston College and was drafted in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft. He played high school football at Archbishop Stepinac (Class of 1963).
Hyland owned the now-defunct Sports Page pub and Sports Page in White Plains, New York.[1]
In March 2011, Hyland ran as the Republican candidate for mayor of White Plains, New York,[2] in the wake of mayor Adam Bradley's resignation.[3] He was defeated by Thomas Roach.