Bob Stransky

Bob Stransky
No. 22
Position:Halfback, tailback, safety
Personal information
Born:January 30, 1936
Yankton, South Dakota, U.S.
Career information
College:Colorado
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Robert J. Stransky (born January 30, 1936) is an American former professional football player. He grew up in Yankton, South Dakota, and attended the University of Colorado where he played college football at the tailback and safety positions for the Colorado Buffaloes football team from 1956 to 1957.[1] He finished the 1957 season ranked second in the country with 1,097 rushing yards,[2] and he was selected by the Football Writers Association of America and the International News Service as a first-team back on their respective 1957 College Football All-America Teams.[3][4] He later played football in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a halfback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1958) and BC Lions (1959).,[5] and in 1960 with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League. He was inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.[2]

  1. ^ Irv Moss (November 7, 2005). "Star of a strange game: Today's football far from that of CU great's time". Denver Post.
  2. ^ a b Josh Pape. "Colorado Athletic Hall Of Fame Profile: Bob Stransky". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  3. ^ Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Crow, Forrestal Picked on INS All-America". Reading Eagle. November 24, 1957. p. 38.
  5. ^ "Player database". cflapedia. Retrieved February 16, 2015.