Henry Waechter
{{Short description|American football player (born 1959)}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Henry Waechter
| image = Dsc 7802 40949941270 o (50120819258).jpg
| caption = Waechter after receiving his Super Bowl ring at a ceremony held in 2018
| number = 75, 71, 70, 67
| position = Defensive end
Defensive tackle
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|2|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Epworth, Iowa, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lb = 270
| high_school = Western Dubuque (Epworth)
| college = Nebraska
| draftyear = 1982
| draftround = 7
| draftpick = 173
| pastteams =
- Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1982}})
- Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1983}}–{{NFL Year|1984}})
- Chicago Bears (1984–{{NFL Year|1986}})
- Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1987}})
| highlights =
- 2× Super Bowl champion (XX, XXII)
- Second-team All-Big Eight (1981)
| statlabel1 = Sacks
| statvalue1 = 7.0
| statlabel2 = Safeties
| statvalue2 = 1
| pfr = WaecHe20
}}
Henry Carl Waechter (born February 13, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end and defensive tackle for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and was selected in the seventh round of the 1982 NFL draft.
He is a two-time Super Bowl champion, having won Super Bowl XX as a member of the Chicago Bears, and was retroactively awarded a ring by the Washington Redskins, who went on win Super Bowl XXII.
Biography
Waechter was born in Epworth, Iowa.{{cite web|url= http://www.nfl.com/player/henrywaechter/2528041/profile|title=Player Profile: Henry Waechter|publisher=NFL |access-date=September 2, 2012}} He played college football for Waldorf College, where he was an All-American, before transferring to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, with his younger brother Kevin serving as his teammate at the latter.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/189628365/?terms=Henry%20Waechter%20waldorf&match=1&clipping_id=113970073|title=Nebraska defense|work=The Greenville News|date=December 29, 1981|access-date=December 1, 2022|page=65|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/823445212/?terms=henry%20waechter&match=1&clipping_id=113969962|title=Tigers play for themselves and ACC|work=The Sun News|first=Wilfrid|last=Binette|date=January 1, 1982|access-date=December 1, 2022|page=13|via=Newspapers.com}} He was selected in the seventh round of the 1982 NFL draft.{{cite web |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WAECHHEN01 |title=Henry Waechter |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=September 2, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922065038/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WAECHHEN01 |archive-date=September 22, 2012 }}
Waechter played for the Chicago Bears in 1982, and from 1984 to 1986. He played for the Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts in 1983 and 1984, and the Washington Redskins in 1987.
Waechter is a member of the 1985 Bears that won Super Bowl XX.{{Cite web |date=1986-01-27 |title=Bears Trounce Patriots, 46-10, in Super Bowl |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-27-mn-540-story.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} He scored the game's final points on a sack of New England Patriots quarterback Steve Grogan in the end zone for a safety. In 2018, Waechter was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing one game for the Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII.{{cite web|url=https://commanderswire.usatoday.com/2018/06/12/redskins-1987-replacement-players-get-super-bowl-rings/|title=Redskins 1987 replacement players get Super Bowl rings|work=Redskins Wire|publisher=USA Today|first=Diane|last=Chesebrough|date=June 12, 2018|access-date=May 15, 2023}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.nfl.com/player/henrywaechter/2528041/profile NFL Enterprises LLC: Henry Waechter Profile]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120922065038/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WAECHHEN01 DatabaseFootball.com: Henry Waechter Profile]}}
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Category:American football defensive linemen
Category:Baltimore Colts players
Category:Chicago Bears players
Category:Indianapolis Colts players
Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
Category:Washington Redskins players
Category:Waldorf Warriors football players
Category:People from Epworth, Iowa
Category:Players of American football from Iowa
Category:NFL replacement players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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