Ray Nitschke

Raymond Ernest Nitschke

Position: LB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 235 lbs.

Born: December 29, 1936 in Elmwood Park, IL
Died: March 8, 1998 in Venice, FL
College: Illinois (school history)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 3rd round (36th overall) of the 1958 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 110 (82nd overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1978

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News -- March 2013

3/8 Lombardi Ave: Ray Nitschke dies on this date in 1998: Think about it – if you have a bridge named after you, you’ve got to be pretty important – such is the case...

2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them: The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting...
2/3 FootballPerspective.com: Losing in the title game: the Harbaugh 49ers and the Lombardi Packers: Congratulations to Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Joe Flacco, and the Baltimore Ravens on winning Super Bowl XLVII. The Ravens and 49ers...

8/28 FootballPerspective.com: Ray Lewis and London Fletcher: incredible outliers or a signal of something more?: In a year where offensive fireworks dominated the headlines, here’s a piece of trivia on the other side of the ball: 36-year-old...

6/13 FanSided: Defense Needs More Attitude: [caption id="attachment_12004" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Steelers linebacker James Harrison puts a hard hit on Browns...

1/2 Johngy's Beat: Bear Down Sunday #15: The Bears are 7-7, having lost 4 in a row (coincidentally all without Jay Cutler). Today they face the Green Bay Packers...