Hatch Rosdahl
{{Short description|American football player (1941–2004)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Hatch Rosdahl
| image =
| number = 83, 76
| position = Defensive lineman
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|8|24}}
| birth_place = Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|6|15|1941|8|24}}
| death_place = Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lbs = 250
| high_school = Ridgefield Park
| college = Penn St. (1960–1963)
| draftyear = 1963
| draftround = 14
| draftpick = 107
| pastteams =
| highlights =
- AFL champion (1966)
- First-team All-East (1962)
| pfr = R/RosdHa20
}}
Harrison Lynn Rosdahl (August 24, 1941 – June 15, 2004) was an American professional football defensive lineman who played three seasons in the American Football League (AFL) with the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs. Rosdahl played college football at Penn State University. He was a member of the Chiefs team that won the 1966 AFL championship.
Early life and college
Harrison Lynn Rosdahl was born on August 24, 1941, in Hackensack, New Jersey. He attended Ridgefield Park High School in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/02/archives/new-jersey-sports-coach-bows-out.html | title=Coach Bows Out | work=The New York Times | date=July 2, 1974 | accessdate=7 December 2024}}
Rosdahl was a member of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1960 to 1963 and a three-year letterman from 1961 to 1963. He was named first-team All-East by both the Associated Press and United Press International in 1962.{{cite news|title=Penn State Dominates 1962 All-East|newspaper=Star-Gazette|date=November 30, 1962|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106273856/penn-state-dominates-1962-all-east/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Penn State Places Four On All-East Grid Squad|newspaper=The Beaver County Times |date=December 5, 1962|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GIYkAAAAIBAJ&dq=1962+All-Eastern+football+team&pg=PA19&article_id=2902,680478}}
Professional career
In December 1962, Rosdahl was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth round, with the 46th overall pick, of the 1963 NFL draft and by the San Diego Chargers in the 14th round, with the 107th overall pick, of the 1963 AFL draft.
On January 30, 1963, his AFL rights were traded to the Buffalo Bills. He did not sign with the Bills until February 5, 1964. Rosdahl played in four games for the Bills during the 1964 AFL season before being waived on October 8, 1964.{{cite web | url=https://profootballarchives.com/transactions/r/rosd00200.html | title=Hatch Rosdahl NFL Transactions | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=7 December 2024}}
Rosdahl was then claimed off waivers by the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs. He played in seven games, starting two, for the Chiefs during the 1964 season and recorded one sack. He appeared in all 14 games in 1965. He played in seven games for the Chiefs in 1966.{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RosdHa20.htm | title=Hatch Rosdahl | publisher=Pro Football Reference | accessdate=7 December 2024}} On January 1, 1967, the Chiefs beat Rosdahl's former team, the Bills, in the 1966 American Football League Championship Game by a score of 31–7. The Chiefs then advanced to Super Bowl I, where they lost to the Green Bay Packers.{{cite web | url=https://profootballarchives.com/1966aflkc.html | title=1966 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=7 December 2024}} Rosdahl was released by the Chiefs in 1967.
Rosdahl played in one game for the Waterbury Orbits of the Atlantic Coast Football League in 1967.{{cite web | url=https://profootballarchives.com/players/r/rosd00200.html | title=Hatch Rosdahl | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=7 December 2024}}
He signed with the New York Jets of the AFL in 1968 but was later released.
Death
Rosdahl died at the age of 62 on June 15, 2004, of a fall suffered at his home in Ridgefield Park.Gavin, John A. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044224/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-95633795.html "Harrison 'Hatch' Rosdahl, ex-pro football player, at 62"], The Record (Bergen County), June 18, 2004. Accessed July 31, 2014. "RIDGEFIELD PARK - Harrison 'Hatch' Rosdahl, a professional football player for seven years, died from injuries suffered in a fall at his home Tuesday. He was 62. Mr. Rosdahl was born in Hackensack. He graduated in 1959 from Ridgefield Park Junior-Senior High School, where he starred in football and track."
References
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Category:American football defensive linemen
Category:Buffalo Bills players
Category:Accidental deaths from falls
Category:Accidental deaths in New Jersey
Category:Kansas City Chiefs players
Category:Penn State Nittany Lions football players
Category:Players of American football from Hackensack, New Jersey
Category:People from Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
Category:Ridgefield Park High School alumni