Randy Cross
Cross in 2013.
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| Position: | Offensive lineman | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | April 25, 1954 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Brooklyn, New York | ||||||||
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| High school: | Encino (CA) Crespi Carmelite | ||||||||
| College: | UCLA | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1976 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 185 |
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| Games started: | 180 |
| Fumble recoveries: | 6 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Randall Laureat "Randy" Cross (born April 25, 1954), is a football analyst and former NFL offensive lineman. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in July 2011.
Cross, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California. He was renowned as a high school shot put champion in the Southern California CIF during the years 1970–1972. In 1972, he was CIF California State Meet champion in the event, defeating future world record holder Terry Albritton and future WWF wrestling star Jim Neidhart both from Newport Harbor High School in the process. He heaved the 12 pound high school shot 67' 6.5" which remains the Crespi school and stadium record.
At UCLA, Cross was an All-America selection. As a senior, he helped lead his team to the 1976 Rose Bowl championship over top-ranked Ohio State . Cross began his career as a Center, but was moved to Right Guard for his junior year before playing both Guard and Center as senior on a rare rotating nine man offensive line. On this rotating line Cross started at RG on the 1st unit and then moved to Center when the next group hit the field. He was named First-team All-America in 1975. He was also a First-team All-Conference selection in 1975 In his career he was a starter in 28 of 34 career games including his final 23. Randy Cross (and many other UCLA linemen) also played collegiate rugby for the school. Randy was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
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