Bob Trumpy

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Bob Trumpy
1968 / Round: 12
 / Pick: 301
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receiving yards:4,600
Average:15.4
Touchdowns:35
Player stats at NFL.com

Robert Theodore Trumpy Jr. (born March 6, 1945) is an American former professional

color analyst, calling four Super Bowls. He was given the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award by the Pro Football Hall of Fame
in 2014.

Playing career

Trumpy attended

University of Illinois during this time, two in basketball and two in track, where he won the 1963 state meet in long jump and tied for fifth in high jump. After graduation in 1963, Trumpy played college football at Illinois. Since freshmen were not allowed to play on the varsity team, his first season was in 1964 as a wide receiver, where he caught 28 passes for 428 yards and 2 touchdowns before missing the last two games of the season with a knee injury. Trumpy then transferred to the University of Utah, which required him to miss the 1965 season. In 1966, he converted to tight end, catching 9 passes for 159 yards and 2 scores. After graduation, Trumpy was drafted by the U.S. Navy and spent 180 days in it during the Vietnam War.[1]

After being discharged from the Navy, Trumpy worked briefly as a bill collector before being selected by the AFL's

AFL Western Division All-Star
team.

In

AFL's All-League tight end
.

The following year, 1970, with the Bengals now part of the National Football League following the AFL-NFL merger, Trumpy had the best season of his career, catching 37 passes for 835 yards (a franchise record 22.6 yards per catch average) and nine touchdowns. In a game against the Houston Oilers, Trumpy became the first Bengals tight end to record three touchdown receptions in a single game, helping his team to a 31–31 tie.

1977

Trumpy continued to play for the Bengals until

flea flicker play that involved three players handling the ball before it was thrown to him. First, Anderson handed the ball off to running back Archie Griffin, who then pitched the ball to receiver John McDaniel running in the opposite direction. McDaniel then handed the ball back to Anderson, setting up his 29-yard touchdown pass to Trumpy. The Bengals went on to defeat the Dolphins 23–17, knocking them out of playoff contention. "It was magic", said Trumpy about the play,

Don Shula

(the Dolphins coach at the time) reminds me of that play every time I see him. He called it 'triple pass' because 3 people touched it before I caught it, but Shula called it the reverse pass. He'll see me and say 'That damn reverse pass. I remember that.'

Career statistics

Trumpy finished his 10-year career with 298 receptions for 4,600 yards and 35 touchdowns in 128 games. His 4,600 receiving yards, 35 touchdown receptions, and 15.4 yards per catch average are the most ever by a Bengals tight end.

Broadcasting career

After his playing career, Trumpy turned to NFL broadcasting. In 1978, he joined

color analyst for telecasts of AFC games, working primarily with Sam Nover through 1980, then with Bob Costas (1981–1983) and Don Criqui (1984–1988). Trumpy and Criqui also served as NBC Radio's lead NFL announcers in from 1985 to 1986, calling Monday Night Football and Super Bowls XX and XXI
.

In 1992, Trumpy replaced Bill Walsh as NBC's lead NFL analyst, teaming with Dick Enberg until 1995 (when NBC went to a three-man booth with Paul Maguire and Phil Simms replacing him). The team of Enberg and Trumpy called Super Bowls XXVII (1993) and XXVIII (1994). He would then be paired with Tom Hammond (1995–1996) and Charlie Jones (1997) until NBC lost the AFC package to CBS following the 1997 season.

Trumpy hosted a weeknight

Olympics. He was replaced on the sports talk show by Cris Collinsworth
.

On the night of November 10, 1983, while he was hosting his talk show on WLW, the first call that he received was from a despondent woman who said that she wanted to commit suicide. Trumpy spoke to the woman (and, later, her son) for more than two hours until the son gave him their address. He then spoke to the woman and her son for several more minutes after that until his station manager took him off the air. Police in Forest Park, Ohio went to the address that the son had given and took the woman to a local hospital. Trumpy received praise for his actions from the Forest Park police and suicide prevention counselors.[2] He later said that he had to go to therapy because of the incident.[3]

Trumpy was an analyst for Sunday Night Football on Westwood One radio from 2000 to 2007 (save for the 2005 season, when he was replaced by John Riggins), and also called playoff games for the network. He was most frequently paired with Joel Meyers on the Sunday night games.

During the first round of the

game
the following weekend.

Trumpy was named the 2014 recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, given by the Pro Football Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement in NFL broadcasting.

Personal life

Trumpy is married to his wife Pat, and together they have two sons (Matthew and Jason) and six grandchildren (Josh, Jackson, Conner, Kelli, Lauren, Morgan). The couple lives in the Cincinnati suburb of Glendale, Ohio. He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

See also

References

  1. ^ Mahan, Ryan (May 2, 2020). "From Springfield to the pros, Bengals' Bob Trumpy remains gold standard". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  2. UPI
    . Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  3. ^ Larry Stewart, "Not Just Blowing Smoke, Trumpy Says He's Nervous", Los Angeles Times (January 29, 1993). Retrieved December 23, 2022.

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