Ray Wietecha

{{Short description|American football player (1928–2002)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Ray Wietecha

| image = Ray Wietecha - 1954 Bowman.jpg

| caption = Wietecha on a 1954 Bowman football card

| number = 55

| position = Center

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|11|4|mf=y}}

| birth_place = East Chicago, Indiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|12|14|1928|11|4}}

| death_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 225

| college = Michigan State (1946)
Northwestern (1948-1950)

| draftyear = 1950

| draftround = 12

| draftpick = 150

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1953|1962}})

| pastcoaching =

• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1963|1964}})
  Offensive line
• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1965|1970}})
  Offensive coordinator
• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1972|1976}})
  Offensive line

| highlights =

{{center|As a player:}}

• NFL champion (1956)
• First-team All-Pro (1958)
• 4× Pro Bowl (1957-1958, 1960, 1962)

{{center|As a coach:}}

• 2× Super Bowl champion (I, II)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 124

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 122

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 3

| pfr = WietRa00

}}

Raymond Walter Wietecha (November 2, 1928 – December 14, 2002) was an American professional football player who was a center for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans and Northwestern Wildcats

Following his retirement, Wietecha entered coaching and was the offensive coordinator under Vince Lombardi in Green Bay when the Packers won Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II.

In 2012, the Professional Football Researchers Association named Wietecha to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.com/hall-of-very-good-2012.htm |title=Hall of Very Good Class of 2012 |access-date=November 21, 2016 |archive-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913215154/http://profootballresearchers.com/hall-of-very-good-2012.htm |url-status=dead }}