George Kunz

For the mineralogist with the same name, see George Frederick Kunz.

George Kunz

No. 75

Position:

Tackle

Personal information

Date of birth:

July 5, 1947

Place of birth:

Fort Sheridan, Illinois

Height:

6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight:

257 lb (117 kg)

Career information

High school:

Los Angeles (CA) Loyola

College:

Notre Dame

NFL Draft:

1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2

Career history

Atlanta Falcons (1969–1974)
Baltimore Colts (1975–1980)

Career highlights and awards

All-American (1968)
1× AP First-team All-Pro (1975)
2× NEA First-team All-Pro selection (1972, 1973)
3× AP Second-team All-Pro (1973, 1976, 1977)
2× NEA Second-team All-Pro selection (1976, 1977)
Pro Football Weekly First-team All-Conference (1973, 1975, 1976, 1977)
UPI First-team All-Conference (1975, 1976, 1977)
UPI Second-team All-Conference (1972, 1974)

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

George Kunz (born July 5, 1947) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League from 1969–1978 and 1980 with the Atlanta Falcons 1969–1974 and Baltimore Colts 1975-1978 & 1980.

College career

Tackle at the University of Notre Dame, he was 1968 consensus First-team All-American and a member of 1966 Notre Dame national championship team. He was a two-year starter at right offensive tackle and co-captain of Irish team in 1968. In addition he was National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete honoree in 1968, being voted Academic All-American in 1968 and winner of NCAA post-graduate scholarship.

NFL career

Kunz was selected in the 1st Round of the 1969 NFL Draft by the Falcons with the 2nd overall selection.

Kunz established himself as one of the premier offensive linemen of his generation, being named to the Pro Bowl team 8 times (1969, 1971-'77) in a 9-year span. In addition, Kunz was named All-Pro in 1972, 1973 and 1975, 2nd Team All-Pro in 1976 & 1977. Kunz was also All-Conference in 1973, 1975, 1976, and 1977 and 2nd team All-Conference in 1972 and 1974.

The Professional Football Researchers Association named Kunz to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2014 ^[1]

1969 NFL draft first-round selections

O. J. Simpson George Kunz Leroy Keyes Joe Greene Greg Cook Ron Sellers Ted Kwalick Larry Smith Marty Domres Jim Seymour Bill Stanfill Rich Moore Fred Dryer Rufus Mayes Ron Pritchard Gene Washington John Shinners Bob Babich Roger Wehrli Ron Johnson Bob Klein Art Thoms Jim Marsalis Calvin Hill Eddie Hinton Dave Foley

1968 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Terry Hanratty B Chris Gilbert B Leroy Keyes B O. J. Simpson E Jerry LeVias E Ted Kwalick T Dave Foley T George Kunz G Charles Rosenfelder G Jim Barnes G Mike Montler C John Didion

Defense	DL Joe Greene DL Ted Hendricks DL Chuck Kyle DL Bill Stanfill DL Ed White DL John Zook LB Steve Kiner LB Dennis Onkotz LB Mike Ballou DB Jake Scott DB Roger Wehrli DB Al Worley

Atlanta Falcons first-round draft picks

Atlanta Falcons 1969 NFL draft selections

George Kunz Paul Gipson Mal Snider Jon Sandstrom Jim Mitchell Dicky Lyons Tony Pleviak WaIly Oyler Dick Enderle Ted Cottrell Jim Callahan Jeff Stanciel Jeff Van Note Denver Samples Harry Carpenter Billy Hunt Jim Weatherford Ed Hughes Paul Williams

1975 AP NFL All-Pro Team

Offense: QB Fran Tarkenton RB O. J. Simpson RB Chuck Foreman WR Cliff Branch WR Mel Gray TE Riley Odoms OT Ron Yary OT George Kunz G Larry Little G Joe DeLamielleure C Jim Langer

Defense: DE L. C. Greenwood DE Jack Youngblood DT Alan Page DT Curley Culp OLB Jack Ham OLB Chris Hanburger MLB Bill Bergey CB Roger Wehrli CB Mel Blount S Paul Krause S Ken Houston

Special teams: PK Jim Bakken

References

↑ "Professional Researchers Association Hall of Very Good Class of 2014". Retrieved November 10, 2016.

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