Terry Tausch
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Position: | Guard |
Personal information | |
Born: | New Braunfels, Texas, U.S. | February 5, 1959
Died: | March 25, 2020 Plano, Texas, U.S. | (aged 61)
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight: | 275 lb (125 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | New Braunfels |
College: | Texas |
NFL draft: | 1982 / Round: 2 / Pick: 39 |
Career history | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Terry Wayne Tausch (February 5, 1959 – March 25, 2020) was an American professional
College
Tausch was recruited by the University of Texas at Austin out of New Braunfels High School where he played tight end on the football team. At Texas he was a Football News All-American in 1979 and a consensus All-American in 1981 as an offensive tackle. The Longhorns won both the Sun Bowl and Cotton Bowl while he was there and one week in 1981 they were ranked #1. After upsetting Alabama in the Cotton Bowl, they finished the season ranked #2.[1] Before the NFL draft, he played in the 1982 Hula Bowl. After retiring, he was selected in 2001 for the Texas Athletics Hall of honor.
Professional
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Personal life
Terry and his wife, Ela, had two sons, Nicholas and Eric. Nicholas and Eric played college football at Notre Dame and TCU, respectively.
On March 25, 2020, Tausch died at his home in Plano, Texas at the age of 61.[6]
References
- ^ ""IT WAS SUDDEN," BROTHER GARY TAUSCH SAID". Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "NFL Injuries". UPI. 6 November 1987. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Tuesday's Sports Transactions". UPI. 28 February 1989. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Super Bowl Analysis". 22 January 1990. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "THE CALM AND THE STORM". Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Football great Terry Tausch passes away". University of Texas Athletics. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.