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Position: | punter | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | May 8, 1955 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
College: | Duke | ||||||||
NFL Draft: |
1977 / Round: 7 / Pick: 171 (By the New York Jets) |
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Career history | |||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Punts: | 214 |
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Punting yards: | 8756 |
Punting yard average: | 40.9 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Robert William Grupp (born May 8, 1955) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former American football punter with a 3-year career in the National Football League. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1979 season as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs. In 1984 he played with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League. Prior to his career in professional football, Grupp was a star quarterback at Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, PA and punted and was an all-ACC cornerback at Duke University (class of 1977).