Michael Eugene Augustyniak (born July 17, 1956) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the New York Jets.[1] He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers,[2] where he was member of the 1978 Peach Bowl Champions and the 1979 Bluebonnet Bowl Champions. While he was undrafted out of college; he ultimately signed with the New York Jets, reaching the 1982 AFC Title Game (aka The "Mud Bowl")
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Position: | Fullback | ||||||
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Born: | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | July 17, 1956||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Leo Jr. Sr. | ||||||
College: | Purdue | ||||||
Undrafted: | 1980 | ||||||
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He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in October, 2017.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Augustyniak had no easy path to Hall - Purdue - Journal Gazette". www.journalgazette.net.
- ^ "Mike Augustyniak to Become a Hall of Famer".