Joe Ehrmann
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| Date of birth | March 29, 1949 |
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| Place of birth | Buffalo, New York, United States |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Defensive tackle |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Weight | 254 lb (115 kg) |
| College | Syracuse |
| NFL draft | 1973 / Round: 1 / Pick 10 |
| Drafted by | Baltimore Colts |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1973–1980 | Baltimore Colts |
| 1981–1982 | Detroit Lions |
| 1983 | Chicago Blitz (USFL) |
| 1984 | Arizona Wranglers (USFL) |
| 1985 | Orlando Renegades (USFL) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Pro Bowls | 1 |
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Joseph Charles "Joe" Ehrmann (born March 29, 1949) is a former National Football League (NFL) defensive lineman, originally drafted as the 10th pick in the first round of the 1973 NFL Draft out of Syracuse University to the Baltimore Colts. Ehrmann is currently a minister and motivational speaker. Ehrmann played with Baltimore for eight years, and was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1978. He finished his NFL career with the Detroit Lions as part of their vaunted defensive line in the early 1980s. He was an NFL defensive tackle from 1973 through 1982. He then played in the USFL for the Chicago Blitz, Arizona Wranglers and Orlando Renegades.
Ehrmann attended Syracuse University, where he was a three-year football letterman in 1969, 1970 and 1972. Primarily a defensive tackle, he was an All-American selection in 1970. He was named to the university's football All-Century Team on October 28, 1999. He was also the recipient of the George Arents Pioneers Medal, the university's highest alumni honor, in 2004.
In 1978, the same year Ehrmann played in the Pro Bowl, he watched his brother Billy lose his fight with cancer. This experience caused Ehrmann to rethink and reorder his priorities in life. Ehrmann spearheaded the construction of a Ronald McDonald House in Baltimore in memory of Billy. In the off-season, Ehrmann attended classes at Dallas Theological Seminary and, following his football career, he graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, specializing in urban ministry. He was ordained in 1985.
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