Bob Stransky Explained

Bob Stransky
Number:	22
Position:	Halfback, tailback, safety
Birth Date:	January 30, 1936
Birth Place:	Yankton, South Dakota, U.S.
College:	Colorado
Pastteams:	Winnipeg Blue Bombers BC Lions Denver Broncos (1960)
Highlights:	First-team All-American (1957) First-team All-Big Eight (1957) Second-team All-Big Seven (1956)
Pfr:	S/StraBo00

Robert J. Stransky (born January 30, 1936) was an American football player. He grew up in Yankton, South Dakota, and attended the University of Colorado where he played college football at the tailback and safety positions for the Colorado Buffaloes football team from 1956 to 1957.^[1] He finished the 1957 season ranked second in the country with 1,097 rushing yards, and he was selected by the Football Writers Association of America and the International News Service as a first-team back on their respective 1957 College Football All-America Teams.^{[2] [3]} He later played professional football in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a halfback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1958) and BC Lions (1959).,^[4] and in 1960 with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League. He was inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Star of a strange game: Today's football far from that of CU great's time. Irv Moss. Denver Post. November 7, 2005.
2. Web site: FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team. Ted Gangi. February 8, 2015. March 4, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190304073432/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf. dead.
3. News: Crow, Forrestal Picked on INS All-America. Reading Eagle. November 24, 1957. 38.
4. Web site: Player database. February 16, 2015. cflapedia.
5. Web site: Colorado Athletic Hall Of Fame Profile: Bob Stransky. Josh Pape. February 16, 2015.