1. Bob Trumpy was a two-time NFL Pro Bowler and a two-time AFL All-Star.
32 Facts About Bob Trumpy
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Bob Trumpy was given the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Bob Trumpy's family moved from Tremont, Illinois to Springfield, Illinois, when his father Robert Sr.
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Bob Trumpy began attending Springfield High School as a sophomore, after first attending Tremont High School, where he played multiple sports.
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Bob Trumpy was on Springfield's state championship basketball team, and he was team captain as a senior, as well as being named all-state.
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Bob Trumpy played in four different state tournaments that took place at the University of Illinois during this time, two in basketball and two in track, where he won the 1963 state meet in long jump and tied for fifth in high jump.
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Bob Trumpy was inducted into the Basketball Museum of Illinois Hall of Fame in 1983.
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Bob Trumpy missed his last two games of the season with a knee injury.
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Bob Trumpy then transferred to the University of Utah, which required him to miss the 1965 season.
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Bob Trumpy didn't disappoint in his rookie season, recording 37 receptions for 639 yards and three touchdowns, and earning a place on the AFL Western Division All-Star team.
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In Cincinnati, Bob Trumpy played under hall of fame coach Paul Brown, head coach Tiger Johnson, and offensive coach Bill Walsh, another hall of fame coach and offensive innovator.
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In 1969, Bob Trumpy averaged 22.6 yards per catch, on 37 passes for 835 yards and nine touchdowns.
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Bob Trumpy was selected first team AFL All-League tight end by numerous entities, including the Associated Press, Pro Football Weekly, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, and United Press International, and second team by The Sporting News and the Professional Football Writers of America.
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Bob Trumpy was again selected to the AFL All-Star team.
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Bob Trumpy continued to play for the Bengals until 1977, earning two trips to the Pro Bowl in 1970 and 1973.
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Bob Trumpy called it 'triple pass' because 3 people touched it before I caught it, but Shula called it the reverse pass.
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Bob Trumpy finished his 10-year career with 298 receptions for 4,600 yards and 35 touchdowns in 128 games.
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Bob Trumpy's 4,600 receiving yards, 35 touchdown receptions, and 15.4 yards per catch average are the most ever by a Bengals tight end.
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Bob Trumpy called four Super Bowls, four Pro Bowls, six Hall-of-Fame Games in football, as well as three Ryder Cups and three Olympics.
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Bob Trumpy had his first broadcast experience in 1964, working with Coley Cowan on a WTAX in a Springfield radio broadcast of a basketball tournament in Springfield.
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Bob Trumpy hosted a weeknight sports talk show on WLW-AM in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was Ohio Sports Broadcaster of the Year four times.
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Bob Trumpy left the show to be able to work more assignments at NBC Sports, including PGA Tour golf and the Olympics.
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Bob Trumpy was replaced on the sports talk show by Cris Collinsworth.
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Bob Trumpy spoke to the woman for more than two hours until the son gave him their address.
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Bob Trumpy then spoke to the woman and her son for several more minutes after that until his station manager took him off the air.
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Bob Trumpy received praise for his actions from the Forest Park police and suicide prevention counselors.
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Bob Trumpy later said that he had to go to therapy because of the incident.
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Bob Trumpy was an analyst for Sunday Night Football on Westwood One radio from 2000 to 2007, and called playoff games for the network.
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Bob Trumpy was most frequently paired with Joel Meyers on the Sunday night games.
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Bob Trumpy was named the 2014 recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, given by the Pro Football Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement in NFL broadcasting.
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Bob Trumpy is married to his wife Pat, and together they have two sons and six grandchildren.
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Bob Trumpy is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.