Posted on 01/13/2019 10:04:27 AM PST by dfwgator
Bob Kuechenberg, an offensive lineman who was a member of the Miami Dolphins of the 1972 perfect season, died Saturday. He was 71.
Kuechenberg declined an invitation to the White House in 2013, when President Barack Obama honored the '72 Dolphins team. He said it was a political decision based on his views of the Obama administration.
RIP Kooch! You were my all-time favorite Dolphins' player.
Larry Csonka probably weighed more than anyone on that OLine! Yes, rest well Kooch.
Geez, Jim Taylor passed away recently too. Do they even make men like this anymore?
When football was football. REST IN PEACE.
Kooch was featured in the greatest NFL intro ever, IMHO
NBC NFL Intro 1973
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv-datkQYUU
Beats Carrie Underwood, that’s for sure.
Helluva man. Helluva man.
That intro was so dynamic.
Back when the NFL didn’t have to cater to the female demographic.
“When football was football. REST IN PEACE.”
When America was still America....before Obama.
Kuch was a tough guy from Gary, Indiana - went to Notre Dame. His Brother Rudy played Linebacker for the Packers. Tough Guys from the Region.
Remember him well. Though not a starter Kuechenberg was on that 1966 Notre Dame team. That team included 12 All-Americans.
The Irish outscored their opponents 362-38 including a 38-0 victory over the Sooners in Norman and 51-0 victory over USC in the Coliseum.
Their only blemish was the tie with Michigan State.
All-Americans:
Nick Eddy, HB
Jim Lynch, LB
Tom Regner, G
Alan Page, DE
Pete Duranko, DT
Kevin Hardy, DT
Jim Seymour, E
Paul Seiler, T
George Goeddeke, C
Tom Schoen, DB
Larry Conjar, FB
Terry Hanratty, QB
http://www.tiptop25.com/champ1966.html
There’s a picture out there somewhere, Kuechenberg and Larry Little, close together, pulling around the right side on a running play. The shot is from straight ahead, what a defensive player would see coming at him. You did not want to be in that position if you were on the other team.
Heck, the average NFL running back today is bigger than most OL of that era were.
RIP.
Larry Little’s brother, David was a UF legend, and had a long career with the Steelers. Sadly, he passed away at the age of 46, after suffering a heart attack while lifting weights.
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