12 Facts About Rob Lytle

Robert William Lytle was an American football running back who played for the Denver Broncos in the National Football League for seven seasons.

Rob Lytle broke Michigan's then career rushing record with 3,317 yards, was the Big Ten Most Valuable Player, and was selected as a consensus first-team All-American in 1976.

Rob Lytle was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.

Rob Lytle was selected in the second round of the 1977 NFL draft, and played for the Broncos until 1983.

Rob Lytle enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1973 and played college football as a tailback and fullback for Bo Schembechler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1973 to 1976.

Rob Lytle led the team with 1,469 rushing yards on 221 carries and 14 rushing touchdowns.

Rob Lytle was involved in two games in which Michigan had three rushers accumulate 100 yards, and he was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.

Rob Lytle was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 1977 NFL draft.

Rob Lytle holds the distinction of being the first to score a touchdown in both a Rose Bowl and a Super Bowl.

Rob Lytle spent seven seasons in the NFL with the Broncos and rushed for 1,451 yards, caught 61 passes for 562 yards, returned six kickoffs for 99 yards, and scored 14 touchdowns.

Rob Lytle had a heart attack and died at Fremont Memorial Hospital in Fremont, Ohio on November 20,2010.

Rob Lytle is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.