Paul Ryczek

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

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| number = 53, 54, 73

| position = Center

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|6|25|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Painesville, Ohio, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 230

| draftyear = 1974

| draftround = 10

| draftpick = 252

| high_school = Mentor (Mentor, Ohio)

| college = Virginia

| teams =

• Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1974|1979}})
• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1981}})
• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1987}})

|highlights =

• First-team All-ACC (1973)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 99

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 4

| pfr = RyczPa20

}}

Paul Andrew Ryczek (born June 25, 1952) is an American former professional football center who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Virginia. Ryczek's brother, Dan, also played for the University of Virginia and in the NFL.

After his NFL career, Ryczek founded a construction company called Metaschematics. Ryczek is son of Stanley J. Ryczek (1921–1986) and Helen Gorman Ryczek (1928–2004). He and his wife, Carol, have three children: Zachary, Matthew and Elizabeth, who are all graduates of the University of Georgia.