Birth Date: | 15 July 1941 |
Birth Place: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Number: | 80, 81 |
Position1: | Placekicker End |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 227 |
College: | Miami (OH) |
Afldraftedyear: | 1963 |
Afldraftedround: | 5 |
Afldraftedpick: | 36 |
Afldraftedteam: | Buffalo Bills |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1963 |
Nfldraftedround: | 2 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 25 |
Nfldraftedteam: | Chicago Bears |
Playing Years1: | 1963–1964 |
Playing Team1: | Chicago Bears |
Playing Years2: | 1965 |
Playing Team2: | Washington Redskins |
Career Highlights: | |
Nfl: | JEN025955 |
Databasefootball: | JENCKBOB01 |
Robert William Jencks (July 15, 1941 – September 6, 2010) was an American football kicker and end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Miami University and was drafted in the second round of the 1963 NFL draft. Jencks was also selected in the fifth round of the 1963 AFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. His rookie season was 1963, when the Bears defeated the New York Giants for the team's first NFL title since 1946.[1]
Jencks was born in Columbus, Ohio and died in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he had lived for many years.