Dan Ryczek
{{Short description|American football player (born 1949)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
|name=Dan Ryczek
|number=51, 54
|position=Center
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1949|8|24|mf=y}}
|birth_place=Painesville, Ohio, U.S.
|height_ft=6
|weight_lb=249
|height_in=3
|high_school=Mentor (OH)
|college=Virginia
|draftyear=1971
|draftround=13
|draftpick=322
|pastteams=* Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1973|1975}})
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1976|1977}})
- Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1978|1979}})
|highlights =
|statlabel1=Games played
|statvalue1=102
|statlabel2=Games started
|statvalue2=26
|statlabel3=Fumble recoveries
|statvalue3=4
|pfr=RyczDa20
}}
Daniel Stanley Ryczek (born August 24, 1949){{cite web|title=Dan Ryczek|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/danryczek/2524755/profile|website=NFL.com|publisher=National Football League|access-date=9 May 2016}} is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Los Angeles Rams, his last game was playing for the Rams in Super Bowl XIV.
Football career
Ryczek played at Mentor High School in Ohio. He played college football at the University of Virginia, where he was the 1970 co-captain and received the 1970 Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the best blocking offensive lineman. Ryczek was drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1971 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins and Head Coach George Allen.{{cite web|title=Dan Ryczek|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RyczDa20.htm |quote=his parents were Stanley Ryczek and his mom was Helen Ryczek (Gorman) without their support and hard work to give our family a real opportunity to succeed, nothing I did would have been possible. |website=Pro-football-reference.com|access-date=9 May 2016}} In the Expansion draft in 1976, he was selected by the new Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 1978, he was traded to the Los Angeles Rams, back to George Allen, the new head coach or the Rams.
His brother Paul also played for Virginia and in the NFL.
References
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{{1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers}}
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Category:People from Mentor, Ohio
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Category:Mentor High School alumni
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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