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| Position | Defensive tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1950-02-06)February 6, 1950 (age 76) Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Jersey City (NJ) Snyder |
| College | Nebraska (1970–1972) |
| NFL draft | 1973: 3rd round, 69th overall pick |
| Career history | |
| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats atPro Football Reference | |
Richard Edward Glover (born February 6, 1950) is an American former professionalfootball player who was adefensive tackle for theNew York Giants andPhiladelphia Eagles of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theNebraska Cornhuskers under head coachBob Devaney.
Glover played high school football atHenry Snyder High School inJersey City, New Jersey. Glover recalls a time when his coach, Roy Corso, instructed each player to bring a garbage pail cover with them for after the game. When asked why, Corso responded it was for their own protection. Glover admits if it wasn't for those covers, they never would have made it past the losing team throwing rocks at the bus windows on the way out of the parking lot.
In his senior season for theHuskers in1972, he won theOutland Trophy and theLombardi Award; the second of eight Nebraska winners of the Outland Trophy and the first of five Nebraska winners of the Lombardi Award. Nebraska players have won nine Outland Trophies overall, by far the most in the nation. Oklahoma has the second most with four. As themiddle guard, he was a key member of theBlackshirts as an underclassman on the1970 and1971 undefeated Nebraska teams that won consecutivenational championships. The1972 team was a pre-season #1 but lost their road opener toUCLA and finished 9–2–1, rising to fourth in the finalAP poll, buoyed by a third consecutiveOrange Bowl victory, 40–6 overNotre Dame.
Glover was the second consecutive winner of the Outland Trophy from Nebraska, his New York Giant teammateLarry Jacobson won in1971. He is the first of four Cornhuskers (Dave Rimington,Dean Steinkuhler andNdamukong Suh), and one of thirteen lineman, to have won both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award in their careers. Glover also finished third in the 1972Heisman Trophy voting, won by teammateJohnny Rodgers; he was the only defensive player in the top ten.[1]
He was selected to the Nebraska All-Century Football Team and is one of sixteen Cornhuskers to have his jersey (#79) retired. Glover was selected to the College Football Hall Of Fame in 1995.
In 1999 Glover was selected as a starting defensive tackle bySports Illustrated in their "NCAA Football All-Century Team" alongside other starting defensive tackleBronko Nagurski. The second and third team defensive tackles wereBuck Buchanan,Lee Roy Selmon,Mike Reid andRandy White. Glover was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers on SI's All-Century Team 85 man roster; the others beingJohnny Rodgers,Dave Rimington,Dean Steinkuhler,Tommie Frazier, andAaron Taylor. Glover, the oldest of the six, was the only Cornhusker defensive player selected.
Following his collegiate career, he was selected by theNew York Giants in the third round of the1973 NFL draft, the 69th pick overall. He played with the Giants (along with fellow Husker and Outland winnerLarry Jacobson) for one season before joining theShreveport Steamers of theWorld Football League in 1974. He then joined thePhiladelphia Eagles in1975 before injuries ended his NFL career. He went on to become a teacher and coach in the public school system. He was the phys ed teacher at public school #28, Jersey City in 1974/75. In 2004, he was part of theNew Mexico State football coaching staff.
He is currently the assistant coach atHarrison High School. Previously he was head coach atWilliam L. Dickinson High School andJames J. Ferris High School, both inJersey City.