Is $300,000 Rocky Bleier Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Robert Patrick "Rocky" Bleier (Born March 5, 1946) Is a Former National Football League...
Rocky Bleier Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Robert Patrick "Rocky" Bleier (born March 5, 1946) is a former National Football League halfback who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1968 and from 1971 to 1980.
Full Name
Rocky Bleier
Net Worth
$300,000
Date Of Birth
March 5, 1946
Place Of Birth
Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Height
1.8 m
Weight
96 kg
Profession
American football player
Work Position
Navigation boxes
Education
University of Notre Dame, Xavier High School
Nationality
American
Spouse
Jan Gyurina, Aleta Giacobine Whitaker
Parents
Ellen Bleier, Bob Bleier
Nicknames
Rocky Bleier, Bleier, Rocky
Facebook
Twitter
IMDB
Awards
Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge
Movies
Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story
Star Sign
Pisces
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Fact
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Played halfback at Notre Dame from 1965 to 1967. Was a starter on the 1966 national championship squad. Team captain in 1967. Graduated in 1968.
2
Ranks 92nd on NFL All-Time Rushing Average List (4.165).
3
Bleier was on stage at the Charlotte Convention Center when three of his four Super Bowl rings were taken out of a bag in a room backstage. Bleier previously had said he sold his rings for $40,000 to an attorney on 10 December 1996, two days before filing for bankruptcy help pay back federal taxes. Bleier, however, exercised an option to buy back the rings and an agreement that he could hold onto them in the interim. He is offering a $2,500 reward for their return. (June 2004)
4
Drafted in the 16th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1968 NFL draft. He had played 10 games when he was drafted by the Army. Bleier served with the 4th/31st of the 196th LIB of the Americal Division. In August 1969, he was seriously wounded when his platoon in Heip Duc ran into an ambush, receiving wounds from rifle fire and grenade fragments in his legs. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He returned to the Steelers in 1971. Bleier was the only active NFL player who saw action in Vietnam.
5
Attended St. Francis Xavier High School in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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