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Bob Tucker (American football)

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Bob Tucker
No. 38
Position:Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1945-06-08) June 8, 1945 (age 79)
Hazleton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:Hazleton, Pennsylvania[1]
College:Bloomsburg
Undrafted:1968
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:422
Receiving yards:5,421
Receiving TDs:27
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Robert Louis Tucker (born June 8, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). A 6'3", 230 lbs. tight end from Bloomsburg University, Tucker played for 11 seasons in the NFL, from 1970 to 1980, for the New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings.

Tucker is one of the few Giants to play for the team in four different home stadiums: Yankee Stadium (1970 through the first two home games of 1973); the Yale Bowl (last five home games of 1973 and all of 1974); Shea Stadium (1975) and Giants Stadium (1976–77).

Prior to joining the NFL, Tucker played for several seasons in the Atlantic Coast Football League, including the Pottstown Firebirds and the Lowell Giants.[2]

Tucker lived in Lincroft, a neighborhood in Middletown Township, New Jersey.[3]

Tucker was inducted into the American Football Association's Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982.[4]

Tucker was a biology teacher and freshman football coach at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Acton, Massachusetts in 1969.[5]

NFL career statistics

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Regular season

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Year Team Games Receiving
GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
1970 NYG 14 13 40 571 14.3 41 5
1971 NYG 12 12 59 791 13.4 63 4
1972 NYG 14 14 55 764 13.9 39 4
1973 NYG 14 14 50 681 13.6 33 5
1974 NYG 13 13 41 496 12.1 29 2
1975 NYG 14 14 34 484 14.2 47 1
1976 NYG 14 14 42 498 11.9 39 1
1977 NYG 5 4 6 91 15.2 22 0
MIN 8 0 9 109 12.1 29 2
1978 MIN 16 16 47 540 11.5 35 0
1979 MIN 16 15 24 223 9.3 21 2
1980 MIN 16 13 15 173 11.5 25 1
156 142 422 5,421 12.8 63 27

Playoffs

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Year Team Games Receiving
GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
1977 MIN 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
1978 MIN 1 1 4 48 12.0 21 0
1980 MIN 1 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
4 2 4 48 12.0 21 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bob Tucker, Former HHS Athlete, Bloomsburg Star". Hazleton Standard-Speaker. October 29, 1965.
  2. ^ Dr. Ken (September 2013). ONE DEFINITION OF "MINOR LEAGUE" FOOTBALL, PART TWO Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. HelmetHut.com. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  3. ^ Harvin, Al. "An Offseason Game; New Jersey Sports", The New York Times, January 12, 1973. Accessed November 16, 2008. "Some of the other Jersey residents on the team, according to Davis, are Bob Tucker, the New York Giants' tight end from Lincroft; Phil Villapiano, Oakland Raider linebacker from Ocean Township, and Ron Johnson, Giant running back, now a resident of Fort Lee."
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "The 1969 Torch" Year Book for Acton Boxboro Regional High School
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