Tom Nowatzke

Tom Nowatzke
No. 35, 34
Date of birth	September 30, 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth	La Porte, Indiana, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	fullback
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	230 lb (100 kg)
US college	Indiana
High school	Michigan City
AFL draft	1965 / round: 1 / pick: 4
Drafted by	New York Jets
NFL draft	1965 / round: 1 / pick: 11
Drafted by	Detroit Lions
Career history
As player
1965–1969	Detroit Lions
1970–1972	Baltimore Colts
Career highlights and awards
	Super Bowl champion (V); First-team All-American (1964); 2× First-team All-Big Ten (1963, 1964);
Career stats
Rushing yards	1,249
Rushing attempts	361
Rushing TDs	13
Receptions	100
Receiving yards	605
	Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;

Thomas Matthew Nowatzke (born September 30, 1942) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) from 1965 through 1972.^[1]

Biography

He played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers, earning All-American honors despite playing on a 2–7 Hoosiers team. ^[2] The Detroit Lions selected him in the first round with the 11th overall pick in the 1965 NFL draft. He scored a touchdown for the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl V.^[3] He was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. He now runs a truck and trailer repair shop in Whitmore Lake, Michigan.^[4] He is the uncle of former BYU wide receiver Tim Nowatzke. ^[5]

References

^ NFL Stats.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
^ http://www.profootballresearchers.org/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/25-05-998.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Larry Harris (November 2010). "Front Row: Tom Nowatzke Was Colts' Cinderella Man". Press Box. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
^ Tom Nowatzke Archived 2010-12-13 at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
^ "Tim Nowatzke - Football 1994".

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[1] NFL Stats.Retrieved December 29, 2010.

[2] ttp://www.profootballresearchers.org/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/25-05-998.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[3] Larry Harris (November 2010). "Front Row: Tom Nowatzke Was Colts' Cinderella Man". Press Box. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

[4] Tom Nowatzke Archived 2010-12-13 at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved December 29, 2010.

[5] "Tim Nowatzke - Football 1994".

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v t e Baltimore Colts Super Bowl V champions
15 Earl Morrall 17 Sam Havrilak 19 Johnny Unitas 20 Jerry Logan 21 Rick Volk 25 Tom Curtis 27 Ray Perkins 28 Jimmy Orr 30 Ron Gardin 32 Mike Curtis 33 Eddie Hinton 34 Tom Nowatzke 35 Jim Duncan 36 Norm Bulaich 40 Jack Maitland 41 Tom Matte 42 Tom Maxwell 45 Jerry Hill 47 Charles Stukes 49 David Lee 50 Bill Curry 51 Bob Grant 52 Robbie Nichols 54 Tom Goode 56 Ray May 60 George Wright 61 Cornelius Johnson 62 Glenn Ressler 68 Dennis Nelson 71 Dan Sullivan 72 Bob Vogel 73 Sam Ball 74 Billy Ray Smith 75 John Williams 76 Fred Miller 78 Bubba Smith 79 Jim Bailey 80 Jim O'Brien 81 Billy Newsome 83 Ted Hendricks 84 Tom Mitchell 85 Roy Hilton 87 Roy Jefferson 88 John Mackey
Head coach: Don McCafferty
Coaches: Dick Bielski Bobby Boyd Hank Bullough John Idzik Lou Rymkus John Sandusky