Randy Trautman

{{Short description|American football player (1960–2014)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox gridiron football person

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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1960|5|27}}

|birth_place = Caldwell, Idaho, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|3|01|1960|5|27|mf=y}}

|death_place = Oregon, U.S.

|high_school = Caldwell (ID)

|height_ft = 6

|height_in = 3

|weight_lbs = 249

|number = 70

|College = Boise State

| status =

| import = yes

|Position = Defensive lineman

|NFLDraftedYear = 1982

|NFLDraftedRound = 9

|NFLDraftedPick = 238

|NFLDraftedTeam = Washington Redskins

|playing_years1 = 1982–1985

|playing_team1 = Calgary Stampeders

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|CollegeHOF = 2290

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Randall Ray Trautman (May 27, 1960 – March 1, 2014) was a professional football player, a defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Calgary Stampeders.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UyNlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VYgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3173,1091909 |title=Krebs gearing up for the real thing |last=Cole |first=Cam |date=September 3, 1983 |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |page=C1 }}

Born and raised in Caldwell, Idaho, Trautman graduated from Caldwell High School in 1978 and accepted a wrestling scholarship to Boise State University. As a true freshman, he walked on the football team at BSU under head coach Jim Criner, then in the Big Sky Conference.{{cite web|url=https://footballfoundation.org/news/2014/3/3/_54677.aspx |publisher=National Football Foundation |title=Hall of Famer and Boise State legend Randy Trautman passes away |date=March 3, 2014 |accessdate=April 4, 2014}} Trautman had knee injuries in high school, which curbed the interest of Division I-A football programs and he never did wrestle for the Broncos.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigskyconf.com/news/2013/11/21/FB_1121131938.aspx |publisher=Big Sky Conference |title=Boise State's Randy Trautman |agency=Big Sky's "50 Greatest Male Athletes", No. 26 |last=Kasper |first=Joe |date=November 21, 2013 |accessdate=April 4, 2014}} He and was a two-time college football All-American in 1980 and 1981,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DVRJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8wkNAAAAIBAJ&dq=randy-trautman&pg=5846%2C5353755 |title=Lomax named All-America |date=December 18, 1980|newspaper=News and Courier |agency=Associated Press |page=1D }}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m9dOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VhMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5625%2C5331171 |newspaper=Wilmington Morning Star |location=(North Carolina)|agency=Associated Press |title=3 players repeat on grid team |date=December 24, 1981 |page=4D }}{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1782239102.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+24%2C+1981&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Defensive+holdovers+lead+Little+All-America+team&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105090623/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1782239102.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+24,+1981&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Defensive+holdovers+lead+Little+All-America+team&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |title=Defensive holdovers lead Little All-America team |date=December 24, 1981|newspaper=The Sun |page=D4 |accessdate=19 January 2011}} and the 1981 Big Sky Conference defensive player of the year.{{College Football HoF|id=2290|name=Randy Trautman |accessdate=April 4, 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3124,1527749&dq=randy-trautman&hl=en |title=Machurek, Trautman players of the year |date=December 4, 1981 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |page=4C }} During his junior season at BSU in 1980, Trautman helped lead the Broncos to the Division I-AA national championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/slideshows/top-ten-greatest-boise-state-broncos#9 |publisher=Athlon Sports |title=Top Ten Greatest Boise State Broncos |last=Gall |first=Braden Gall |date=May 2, 2012 |accessdate=April 4, 2014}}

Selected in the ninth round of the 1982 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins, Trautman was cut late in training camp.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FktOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3417%2C3185599 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Moves: NFL - Washington Redskins |agency=wire services |date=August 24, 1982 |page=20 }} He soon answered a call from the Calgary Stampeders as an injury replacement for three weeks, and then was offered a three-year contract. Trautman was a West Division All-Star in 1983 and 1984,{{cite news|url=http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/03/04/former-calgary-stampeders-all-star-randy-trautman-dies |newspaper=Calgary Sun |title=Former Calgary Stampeders all-star Randy Trautman dies |last=Mitchell |first=Scott |date=March 3, 2014 |accessdate=April 4, 2014}} but knee problems soon ended his playing career.

Trautman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rbpEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jrYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1160,2560292&dq=randy-trautman&hl=en |title=McMahon highlights newest College Hall class |date= August 14, 1999|newspaper=The Albany Herald|agency=Associated Press |page=3B }}