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Position: | Guard– tackle | ||||||
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Born: | Benton, Illinois, U.S. | March 11, 1932||||||
Died: | December 26, 2010 | (aged 78)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||
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College: | Illinois | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1954 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12 | ||||||
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John Richard Bauer (March 11, 1932 – December 26, 2010) [1] was an American football guard and tackle who played for the National Football League's (NFL) New York Giants.
Born in Benton, Illinois, [1] Bauer attended the University of Illinois, where he played for the school's football team from 1951 to 1953. [2] In the first round of the 1954 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns chose him with the 12th overall pick. [1] In August 1954, Bauer was traded to the Green Bay Packers as part of a six-player transaction. [3] A month later, the Giants acquired Bauer from the Packers in another trade. [4] Bauer played in two games for the Giants during the 1954 NFL season as a backup. [1] He went into the Army and returned to the Giants in 1957, but left the team before the start of the season. [5]