Rob Zatechka

{{Short description|American football player (born 1971)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Rob Zatechka

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| number = 73

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|12|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 313

| high_school = Lincoln (NE) East

| college = Nebraska

| draftyear = 1995

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 128

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1995}}–{{NFL Year|1998}})

| highlights =

• National champion (1994)
• Draddy Trophy (1994)
• Second-team All-Big Eight (1994)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 47

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 9

| pfr = ZateRo20

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Robert Brett Zatechka (born December 1, 1971) is an American former professional football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He was born to Douglas and Jane Zatechka in 1971.{{cite book |title=Giants 1995 Official Information Guide |page=143}} He was selected in the fourth round of the 1995 NFL draft out of the University of Nebraska.{{Cite web |title=1995 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1995/draft.htm |access-date=March 31, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} In college, he won both the Draddy Trophy and a Walter Byers Scholarship.{{cite web|url=http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/scholarships/byers/winner_list|title=Previous Walter Byers Scholars|access-date=January 26, 2008|publisher=The National Collegiate Athletic Association|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705151433/http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/scholarships/byers/winner_list|archive-date=July 5, 2008}} He was the first Giant draft pick to sign after the 1995 draft.{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEFDA173BF935A35754C0A963958260&scp=26&sq=Tyrone+Wheatley+draft&st=nyt|title=PRO FOOTBALL; No Delay of Game Now On Giants' Draft Picks |access-date=February 1, 2008|date=July 6, 1995|work=New York Times|author=Freeman, Mike}}

After his playing days ended, he slimmed down from {{convert|320|lb|kg st}} to {{convert|260|lb|kg st}} before returning to school at Omaha, Nebraska's University of Nebraska Medical Center.{{cite web|url=http://app1.unmc.edu/PublicAffairs/TodaySite/sitefiles/today_full.cfm?match=1497|title=Medical students unveil Match Day destinations|access-date=January 26, 2008|publisher=University of Nebraska Medical Center|date=March 19, 2004}} Zatechka graduated medical school in 2004, completed a residency in anesthesia at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2008, and is currently practicing in Omaha at OrthoNebraska.