John Guzik (linebacker) explained

John Guzik
Number:60, 65, 33
Position:Linebacker
Birth Date:12 July 1936
Birth Place:Lawrence, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Salinas, California, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lbs:231
High School:Washington County (PA) Cecil
College:Pittsburgh
Draftyear:1958
Draftround:4
Draftpick:41
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Pfr:G/GuziJo20

John Paul Guzik III (July 12, 1936 – January 22, 2012) was an American football linebacker who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) with the Los Angeles Rams and Houston Oilers. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the fourth round of the 1958 NFL draft. Guzik played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and attended Cecil Township High School in Washington County, Pennsylvania.[1] He was a consensus All-American in 1958.[2] He was traded from the New York Giants to the Baltimore Colts for Jerry Richardson on August 3, 1961.[3] He was a member of the Houston Oilers team that won the 1961 AFL championship.

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  1. Web site: JOHN GUZIK . profootballarchives.com . 19 August 2014.
  2. Web site: 2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. August 16, 2014. 6. November 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf. dead.
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19610805&id=V3csAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HMwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7183,499490 Prevatte, Ernie. "Richardson 'Tickled' Over Trade," The Spartanburg (SC) Herald, Saturday, August 5, 1961.