Mike Varty

{{Short description|American football player (born 1952)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Mike Varty

| number = 58, 51

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|2|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| weight_lb = 223

| height_in = 1

| college = Northwestern

| draftyear = 1974

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 180

| pastteams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1974}})
• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1975}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-Big Ten (1973)

| pfr = VartMi20

}}

Michael Scott Matthew Varty (born February 10, 1952) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Colts.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/mikevarty/2527900/profile |title=Mike Varty, LB at NFL.com |work=National Football League |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811072411/http://www.nfl.com/player/mikevarty/2527900/profile |archivedate=11 August 2016 |url-status=dead }} He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats and was selected in the seventh round of the 1974 NFL draft.{{cite book|last=Richman|first=Michael|title=The Redskins Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8pvThJ6lRMC&pg=PA405|accessdate=17 March 2016|date=2009-08-21|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=9781592135448|page=405}}