Bob Breunig

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Bob Breunig
Position (s):
Linebacker 		Jersey number (s):
53
born July 4, 1953 in Inglewood , California
Career information
Active : 1975 - 1984
NFL Draft : 1975 / Round: 3 / Pick: 70
College : Arizona State University
Teams
Career statistics
Games     135
as a starter     125
Fumble secured     8th
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
College Football Hall of Fame

Robert Paul "Bob" Breunig (born July 4, 1953 in Inglewood , California , USA ) is a former American American football player . He played as a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL) and won the Super Bowl once with the Cowboys .

youth

Bob Breunig visited in Phoenix , Arizona , the High School . Because of his athletic achievements, he received numerous awards as a player on the local football team.

Player career

College career

Bob Breunig studied after graduating from Arizona State University , where he played linebacker college football for their football team, the Arizona State Sun Devils .

The team was located in the Western Athletic Conference and Breunig was able to win the league championship with the team in 1972 as well as in 1973. In both years the Sun Devils could also win the Fiesta Bowl . Breunig, who temporarily served as the team captain of the team from Arizona, played in several selection games and was named All-American in 1974 together with his teammate Mike Haynes .

Professional career

Robert Breunig was selected in the 1975 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys supervised by Tom Landry in the third round in 70th place. He was used by defensive coordinator Ernie Stautner in the defense as a substitute on the position of linebacker. The Cowboys were a top team, numerous players who were nominated for the Pro Bowl or were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after their careers , such as Roger Staubach or Mel Renfro played for the team from Dallas .

In his rookie year , Breunig had his greatest sporting success up to that point. The Cowboys won 10 out of 14 games in the regular season . After a 37: 7 win in the NFC Championship Game over the Los Angeles Rams , the Texas team had to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers , who were looked after by Chuck Noll , and lost in Super Bowl X by just 21:17.

In the following game year, 1976 , he was used starter in the position of strongside linebacker. He replaced Dave Edwards . In the following game year 1977 he switched to the position of middle linebacker for Lee Roy Jordan .

In 1977, Bob Breunig won the Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys. He moved with his team after twelve wins and two defeats in the regular season in the NFC Championship Game, where the Minnesota Vikings had no chance in their 23: 6 defeat. This game was followed by a 27:10 win over the Denver Broncos , in Super Bowl XII, with which the Cowboys celebrated their second Super Bowl.

In 1978 Breunig won his third title in the National Football Conference . Again the Los Angeles Rams could be beaten in the NFC Championship Game. The 28-0 win over the Rams was countered by a 35:31 defeat by the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XIII .

Bob Breunig played for the Dallas team until 1984 and then retired.

Honors

Bob Breunig was elected all-pro four times , played three times in the Pro Bowl, and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and his college's hall of fame .

After the career

The socially committed Robert Breunig became a successful businessman after his career. Until the sale of his company in 2008, he worked in the real estate business.

source

  • Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ), Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7
  • Peter Golenbock: Landry's Boys: An Oral History of a Team and an Era , Triumph Books, 2005, ISBN 1-61749-954-4
  • Brian Jensen, Troy Aikman : Where Have All Our Cowboys Gone , 2005, ISBN 1-4616-3611-6
  • Denne H. Freeman, Jaime Aron, I Remember Tom Landry , Sports Publishing LLC, 2001, ISBN 1-58261-459-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1975
  2. ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1975
  3. ↑ Statistics Super Bowl X
  4. ↑ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1977
  5. ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1977
  6. ↑ Super Bowl XII statistics
  7. ^ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1978
  8. ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1978
  9. ↑ Super Bowl XIII Statistics
Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl XII Champions


1 Efren Herrera  | 11 Danny White  | 12 Roger Staubach  | 18 Glenn Carano  | 20 Mel Renfro  | 21 Doug Dennison  | 25 Aaron Kyle  | 26 Preston Pearson  | 31 Benny Barnes  | 33 Tony Dorsett  | 35 Scott Laidlaw  | 36 Larry Brinson  | 41 Charlie Waters  | 42 Randy Hughes  | 43 Cliff Harris  | 44 Robert Newhouse  | 46 Mark Washington  | 50 DD Lewis  | 53 Bob Breunig  | 54 Randy White ( Co-MVP )  | 56 Thomas Henderson  | 57 Bruce Huther  | 58 Mike Hegman  | 59 Guy Brown  | 61 Jim Cooper  | 62 John Fitzgerald  | 63 Larry Cole  | 64 Tom Rafferty  | 65 Dave Stalls  | 66 Burton Lawless  | 67 Pat Donovan  | 68 Herbert Scott  | 70 Rayfield Wright  | 71 Andy Frederick  | 72 Ed "Too Tall" Jones  | 73 Ralph Neely  | 75 Jethro Pugh  | 77 Bill Gregory  | 79 Harvey Martin ( Co-MVP )  | 80 Tony Hill  | 83 Golden Richards  | 86 Butch Johnson  | 87 Jay Saldi  | 88 Drew Pearson  | 89 Billy Joe DuPree  | Head Coach: Tom Landry  | Coaches: Ermal Allen  | Mike Ditka  | Jim Myers  | Dan Reeves  | Gene Stallings  | Ernie Stautner  | Jerry Tubbs

personal data
SURNAME Breunig, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Breunig, Robert Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Inglewood , California , USA