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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1957-10-26)October 26, 1957 (age 67) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 248 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | St. Joseph (Cleveland) | ||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame (1975–1978) | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1979: 2nd round, 52nd pick | ||||||||
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| Collegiate Wrestling | ||
| Representing theNotre Dame Fighting Irish | ||
| NCAA Division I Championships | ||
 | 1978 College Park | Heavyweight |
Bob Golic | |
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| Spouse(s) | Karen Golic (m.1996), Jacqueline Benlein (1983–1992) |
| Children | 3 |
| Career | |
| Show | The Bob Golic Show |
| Station | WNIR 100.1 FM |
| Time slot | Monday-Friday 3:00 to 7:00 pm, Saturday 12:00 to 4:00 pm |
| Style | Talk |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www |
Robert Perry Golic (born October 26, 1957) is an American former professionalfootball player, television actor, radio personality and sports commentator.
Golic playeddefensive tackle in theNational Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons from 1979 to 1992 with theNew England Patriots,Cleveland Browns, andLos Angeles Raiders. He playedcollege football for theNotre Dame Fighting Irish, winning a national championship in 1977 and earningunanimous All-American honors. Inwrestling, he was a two-time All-American.
He is the older brother ofMike Golic and uncle ofMike Golic Jr.
Golic was born inCleveland, Ohio to Dorothy andLouis Robert "Bob" Golic. The Golics are ofSlovenian descent.[1] He has two brothers, Greg andMike, who also played in the NFL.
Golic's father also went by the nickname Bob; however, they are not named with thegenerational titles of junior or senior. The elder Golic had a 7-year professional playing career in the Canadian Football League from 1956 to 1962.[2] He played for theHamilton Tiger-Cats,Montreal Alouettes andSaskatchewan Roughriders. He won theGrey Cup with Hamilton in 1957. Louis Robert Golic died on Friday, June 28, 2013, from heart failure.
Golic attendedSt. Joseph's High School, at the time an all-boys school in Cleveland, where he playedhigh school football andwrestled.
As a high school wrestler, Golic won the Ohio high school heavyweight championship in 1975, beating Harold Smith ofCanton McKinley, a future Olympian. He also defeated future NFL playerTom Cousineau from cross-town all-boys school rivalSt. Edward High School in the tournament semifinals.[3] The match between Golic and Cousineau, who would go on to place third, has been called "one of the most memorable" in the tournament's history.[4] Cousineau would go to be two-time All-American at linebacker atOhio State. Golic and Cousineau would eventually become teammates in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns.
Golic received afootball scholarship to attend the University of Notre Dame, where he also wrestled. He played for theNotre Dame Fighting Irish football team from 1975 to 1978. Golic was a member of the 1977 NCAA national champion football team. He was selected as a second-team All-American for the 1977 season, and a unanimous first-team All-American in 1978.
Golic was one of the nation's top collegiate wrestlers while at Notre Dame, with a three-year record of 54–4–1, finishing third in NCAA meet in 1976 and fourth in 1977.[5] He was named a two-time All-American for Notre Dame as a heavyweight wrestler, capturing fourth place at the 1977 NCAA tournament and third place in 1978.
He graduated from Notre Dame in 1979 with a B.A. in management.
The New England Patriots chose Golic, as a linebacker, in the second round (52nd pick overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft, and he played for the Patriots from1979 to1981.
Golic was cut by the Patriots going into the 1982 season and claimed on waivers by the Cleveland Browns. The Browns moved him from Linebacker to Nose Tackle.
After seven years with the Browns, Golic relocated to the Los Angeles Raiders through Plan B Free Agency where he played his last four NFL seasons. Golic was a 3-timePro Bowler (1985,1986,1987) while playing with the Cleveland Browns.
After retiring from football, Golic pursued an acting career. His first appearance was inCoach, playing one of Hayden Fox's former players who went on to an NFL career, but now confiding to Hayden he has cancer due toanabolic steroid use. He then appeared inSaved by the Bell: The College Years, arguably his best known role, playing the role of Mike Rogers, a retiredSan Francisco 49ers player who became the resident adviser of Cal U, the fictional college attended by the cast. He also appeared in the role for theNBC made-for-TV-movieSaved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas in 1994. From 1996 until 1998, Golic was one of the members of the originalHome and Family when it aired onThe Family Channel (now known asFreeform).
Golic also hosted sportstalk radio programs and did sports reporting for TV stations inLos Angeles; had a stint on Britain's late 80s–90s NFL coverage onChannel 4, opposite presenterGary Imlach; served as analyst on NBC'sNFL coverage from 1994 to 1996; and was a commentator forTNN's coverage of the short-livedXFL in 2001.
In 2004, Golic returned toNortheast Ohio to host the afternoondrive timeradio talk show onWNIR 100.1 FM inAkron.[6] He is also a football analyst forWOIO Channel 19 inCleveland (CBS).
Golic opened a restaurant and bar in downtownCleveland's Warehouse District (Bob Golic's Sports Bar & Grille).[7] The restaurant closed in June 2014.
Golic was the Vice President of Football Operations for theLingerie Football League expansion team, theCleveland Crush until operations were ceased in 2015.[8]
Golic is the older brother ofMike Golic, who is also a former NFL football player, and was also a radio host, first as half ofESPN Radio'sMike and Mike, followed byESPN Radio'sGolic and Wingo. His nephews areMike Golic Jr., himself a former football player turned radio host,[9] and Jake, who entered Notre Dame in 2009.[10]
Mike Golic is a spokesperson forNutrisystem after losing more than 50 lbs on the diet; however, Bob Golic has outdone his younger brother, dropping more than 140 lbs and returning to his high school weight of 245 lbs.[11]
Golic married Jacqueline Benlein in 1983 and had one child before divorcing in 1992.
Golic currently lives with his family inSolon,Ohio. He is married to Karen Baughman (1996–present), together they have 2 children.
His wife Karen was aballerina andRaiderette, and he performedThe Nutcracker with her at the Akron Civic Theatre inAkron, Ohio in 2006.[12]
CBT welcomes to the stage, for the Nov. 25, 7p.m. performance, former Cleveland Browns player Bob Golic and his wife Karen. The two will dance in the party scene together.