Tim Rossovich

Tim Rossovich
Career information
Date of birth	(1946-03-14) March 14, 1946
Place of birth	Palo Alto, California
Position(s)	Linebacker
College	Southern California
NFL draft	1968 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14
Career history
As player
1968–1971	Philadelphia Eagles
1972–1973	San Diego Chargers
1976	Houston Oilers
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls	1969
Honors	All-American (1967)
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Timothy John "Tim" Rossovich (born March 14, 1946) is a retired American football linebacker and a television and movie actor, active from 1977 to 1998. He is the brother of actor Rick Rossovich.

Rossovich was born in Palo Alto, California. He played college football at the University of Southern California, and was one of five USC Trojans players taken in the first round of the 1968 NFL Draft after his senior year. Rossovich played for the National Football League Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers, and Houston Oilers between 1968 and 1976. He played in the Pro Bowl in 1969. He also played for the Philadelphia Bell of the WFL in 1974–1975, until the league folded midway through the 1975 season.

In 1977, Rossovich appeared in the episode "The Shortest Yard" of the ABC situation comedy The San Pedro Beach Bums.

Rossovich currently resides in Grass Valley, California.

External links

Tim Rossovich (statistics) – Pro-Football-Reference.com.
Tim Rossovich at the Internet Movie Database
Underwood, John "He's Burning To Be A Success" Sports Illustrated, September 20, 1971

1968 NFL draft first-round selections

Ron Yary Bob Johnson Claude Humphrey Russ Washington Fred Carr Dennis Byrd Kevin Hardy Larry Csonka Haven Moses Mike Taylor Greg Landry Jim Smith MacArthur Lane Tim Rossovich Forrest Blue Mike Hull Lee White Jim Hill Mo Moorman Dennis Homan Marvin Upshaw George Daney John Williams Earl McCullouch Eldridge Dickey Bill Lueck Doug Crusan

1967 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	B Gary Beban B Larry Csonka B Leroy Keyes B O. J. Simpson E Dennis Homan E Ron Sellers OT Edgar Chandler OT Ron Yary G Rich Stotter G Harry Olszewski C Bob Johnson

Defense	DL Dennis Byrd DL Ted Hendricks DL Granville Liggins DL Wayne Meylan DL Tim Rossovich LB Don Manning LB Adrian Young DB Dick Anderson DB Bobby Johns DB Frank Loria DB Tom Schoen

1967 USC Trojans football—consensus national champions

7 Mike Holmgren 17 Mike Battle 22 Earl McCullouch 32 O. J. Simpson 56 Jimmy Gunn 74 Mike Taylor 77 Ron Yary 84 Bob Klein 88 Tim Rossovich Dennis Crane Bill Hayhoe Mike Hull Head coach: John McKay Assistant coaches: Dick Coury Craig Fertig Phil Krueger

Philadelphia Eagles 1968 NFL draft selections

Tim Rossovich Cyril Pinder Adrian Young Len McNeil Mike Dirks Mark Nordquist Thurman Randle Dave Martin Joe Przybycki Al Lavan Mike Evans John Mallory Len Persin Thurston Taylor George Barron Dan Williamson Joe Graham Phil Creel Joe Forzani Frank Antonini

Philadelphia Eagles first-round draft picks

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