Wayne Rasmussen

{{Short description|American football player (born 1942)}}

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

{{more footnotes needed|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Wayne Rasmussen

| image =

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| caption =

| number = 47

| position = Safety

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|6|7}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 175

| high_school = Howard
(Howard, South Dakota)

| college = South Dakota State

| draftyear = 1964

| draftround = 9

| draftpick = 117

| pastteams =

• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1964|1972}})

| highlights =

• Second-team Little All-American (1963)

| statlabel1 = Interceptions

| statvalue1 = 16

| statlabel2 = Touchdowns

| statvalue2 = 2

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 5

| statlabel4 = Sacks

| statvalue4 = 1

| pfr = R/RasmWa20

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Wayne Rasmussen (born June 7, 1942) is a former American football safety who played for the Detroit Lions. After his football career, he spent many years as an executive for Citibank at their Sioux Falls, South Dakota location, and is now retired in the Sioux Falls area.

Rasmussen graduated from Howard High School, located in Howard, South Dakota.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sdshof.com/inductees/wayne-rasmussen/|title=Wayne Rasmussen - South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame|website=www.sdshof.com|access-date=2019-09-20}} Rasmussen played football, basketball and baseball at South Dakota State University. As point guard, he led South Dakota State to the NCAA Division II National Championship in 1963 and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Also, as a football player in college, he played wide receiver as well as defensive back.

He is an inductee of the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame.