Bob Kuechenberg
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| Position: | Guard | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 14, 1947 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Gary, Indiana | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 253 lb (115 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Hobart (IN) | ||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1969 / Round: 4 / Pick: 80 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 196 |
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| Games started: | 176 |
| Fumble Recoveries: | 6 |
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Robert John Kuechenberg (born October 14, 1947) is a former National Football League guard for the Miami Dolphins for fourteen seasons between 1970 and 1983, spending the 1984 season on injured reserve. He was a mainstay in a line that included Hall of Famers Jim Langer, Larry Little, and Dwight Stephenson and played in six Pro Bowls in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was selected as one of the top 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame from 2002–2006, and one of the top 17 finalists from 2007–2009, but missed the cut every year. He was inducted into the Miami Dolphin's Honor Roll on December 15, 1995. Bob is the brother of former Chicago Bears linebacker Rudy Kuechenberg.
Kuechenberg attended college at the University of Notre Dame where he played both the offensive and defensive lines. Before college Kuechenberg attended Hobart High School, located in Hobart, Indiana 10 minutes from Gary, and 30 minutes from Chicago. Kuechenberg played football for the Hobart Brickies in his high school years.
Kuechenberg was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles as a fourth-round pick in the 1969 NFL Draft. He quit shortly after training camp started and played a season of semi-pro football with the Chicago Owls in the Continental Football League. Kuechenberg signed with the Dolphins as a free agent in 1970. He became a starter that season as the Dolphins finished 10–4 and made the playoffs for the first time in club history. The next season, 1971, helped the Dolphins make it to the Super Bowl, where they lost to the Dallas Cowboys 24–3. In that game Kuechenberg's opponent was Hall of Famer Bob Lilly.
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