Joe Rutgens

No. 72

Position:

Defensive tackle

Personal information

Date of birth:

January 26, 1939

Place of birth:

Cedar Point, Illinois

Career information

College:

Illinois

NFL draft:

1961 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3

AFL draft:

1961 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
(by the Oakland Raiders)

Career history

Washington Redskins (1961-1969)

Career highlights and awards

2× Pro Bowl selection (1963, 1965)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	110
Fumble recoveries:	6
Fumble recovery yards:	36
Player stats at NFL.com

Joseph Casimiere Rutgens (born January 26, 1939 in Cedar Point, Illinois) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He went to two Pro Bowls during his nine-year career. He played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was drafted in the first round (third overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft. Rutgens was also selected in the first round (fourth overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders.

In 2008 Rutgens was selected as one of the top 10 defensive lineman in the history of University of Illinois Memorial Stadium. http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/071808aak.html

Rutgens was an All-American in 1960 and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by the Associated Press in 1959 and 1960. He also was a second-team All-Big Ten pick by United Press in both 1959 and 1960.

1961 NFL draft first-round selections

Tommy Mason Norm Snead Joe Rutgens Marlin McKeever Mike Ditka Jimmy Johnson Tom Matte Ken Rice Bernie Casey Bobby Crespino Billy Kilmer Herb Adderley Bob Lilly Art Baker

Washington Redskins 1961 NFL Draft selections

Norm Snead Joe Rutgens Jim Cunningham Joe Krakoski John O'Day Jim Kerr Charley Barnes Joel Arrington Riley Mattson Bob Coolbaugh Doug Elmore Doyle Schick Bob Johnson Ron Petty Joe Bellino George Tolford Tony Romeo Mike Ingram

Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Boston / Washington Redskins first-round draft picks

R. Smith Baugh Farkas Hale Boell Evashevski Sanders Jenkins Micka Hardy Rossi Gilmer Tew Goode G. Thomas Heath Isbell Scarbath Meilinger Guglielmi Vereb Bosseler Allard Lucas Snead Rutgens E. Davis Richter C. Taylor Gogolak R. McDonald J. Smith Monk May D. Green B. Wilson D. Howard T. Carter Shuler Westbrook A. Johnson Lang Bailey Arrington Samuels Gardner Ramsey S. Taylor C. Rogers Campbell Landry Orakpo Williams Kerrigan Griffin III Scherff

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LA SF SEA

Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders first-round draft picks

Hackbart Rutgens Gabriel Lorick Schuh Upshaw Dickey Thoms Chester Tatum Siani Guy Lawrence Colzie Wilson Watts Marsh Allen Mosebar Hester Buczkowski Clay Brown McDaniel Davis Smith Marinovich McGlockton Bates Frederickson Kaufman Dudley D. Russell Woodson Collins Stinchcomb Janikowski Gibson Buchanon Harris Asomugha Brayton Gallery Washington Huff J. Russell McFadden Heyward-Bey McClain Hayden Mack Cooper

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LA SF SEA

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