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Randall Lee Rasmussen (born May 10, 1945) is an American former professional football guard who played for 15 seasons with the New York Jets of the American Football League (AFL) and later National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska–Kearney Lopers and was selected by the Jets in the 12th round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft.[1] Rasmussen played for the Jets in the 1968 AFL Championship Game victory over the Oakland Raiders. He started in the Super Bowl III, in which the Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts.
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Position: | Guard | ||||||||
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Born: | St. Paul, Nebraska, U.S. | May 10, 1945||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Elba (Elba, Nebraska) | ||||||||
College: | Nebraska–Kearney | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1967 / round: 12 / pick: 302 | ||||||||
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He was the last of the starting Jets players in the game to retire, playing his final game in the 1981 playoffs against the Buffalo Bills.
Rasmussen is one of five professional football players in history who attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He was the only one of those five to be selected in the NFL draft.
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