Olin Kreutz

Olin Kreutz

Kreutz getting ready before a game in 2008.
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Position:	Center
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1977-06-09) June 9, 1977 (age 39)
Place of birth:	Honolulu, Hawaii
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	292 lb (132 kg)
Career information
High school:	Honolulu (HI) Saint Louis
College:	Washington
NFL Draft:	1998 / Round: 3 / Pick: 64
Career history
Chicago Bears (1998–2010) New Orleans Saints (2011)
Career highlights and awards
6× Pro Bowl (2001–2006) First-team All-Pro (2006) Second-team All-Pro (2005) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team Consensus All-American (1997) First-team All-Pac-10 (1997) Morris Trophy (1997)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 195 Games started: 187 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Olin George Kreutz (/ˈkruːts/; born June 9, 1977) is a former American college and professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons. He played college football for University of Washington, and earned consensus All-American honors. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft and played professionally for the Bears and New Orleans Saints of the NFL.

Kreutz was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the youngest of four sons born to Henry Kreutz, Jr., of ʻAina Haina. He attended football powerhouse Saint Louis School in Honolulu, where he lettered in high school football, and was teammates with Dominic Raiola, who was two years behind him, and Chris Fuamatu-Maʻafala.

Kreutz also excelled in wrestling and track and field. He received All-State and SuperPrep All-America honors while serving as football team captain during his senior year, and would additionally go on to win the Hawaii state wrestling heavyweight championship.

Kreutz attended the University of Washington, where he played for the Washington Huskies football team under coach Jim Lambright. Olin was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American and earned Pac-10 honors during his junior year, after which he elected to turn pro.