Walt Patulski
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||
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| Date of birth: | February 3, 1950 | ||
| Place of birth: | Fulton, New York | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||
| Weight: | 259 lb (117 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Syracuse (NY) Christian Brothers | ||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||
| NFL Draft: | 1972 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | ||
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Walter George Patulski (born February 3, 1950) is a former American football defensive end at the University of Notre Dame and the National Football League.
Patulski was a star athlete at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, New York, where he was a three-year letterman in football, basketball, and track and field. In his senior season in 1967, the 6-foot-5 fullback scored 140 points and led the Brothers to a 7-1 record. He was All-City in football and basketball. A High School All-American, he received over 60 scholarship offers to play football.
In 1991, Patulski was voted to the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame for his activities as a high school athlete.
At the University of Notre Dame, Patulski was converted into a defensive end. He was an All-American in 1971, and he won the 1971 Lombardi Award, which is given to college football's best lineman. A Fighting Irish captain, he finished ninth in that year’s Heisman Trophy balloting. Selected the Nation's Lineman of the Year by UPI and Gridiron Magazine in 1971. Patulski was named to Football News sophomore All-America squad in 1969 and was an honorable mention All-American in 1970.
Started every game in his collegiate career, and totaled 186 tackles, 40 for losses; broke up 10 passes; recovered five fumbles and returned one blocked punt 12 yards. In his final football season at Notre Dame, 1971, he was the team defensive MVP. Patulski made 74 tackles, 22 more than his total for the 1970 season. Seventeen of those stops resulted losses for the opposing team. Patulski also broke up six passes, recovered one fumble. The 1969-1971 Irish rushing defenses and total defenses were ranked in the nation's top six all three years and its scoring defense was in the top ten in 1970 and 1971 and complied a record of 25-4-1 over those three seasons while Patulski was a starter.
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