Ray Nitschke

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American football player human

Ray Nitschke was a legendary middle linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, renowned for his hard-hitting play and key role in Vince Lombardi’s championship teams.

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Label Occurrences
Ray Nitschke canonical 5
Raymond Ernest Nitschke 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football player ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
coach Vince Lombardi ⓘ
collegeAttended University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
collegeTeam Illinois Fighting Illini football team ⓘ
surface form: Illinois Fighting Illini football
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-12-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-03-08 ⓘ
draftedBy Green Bay Packers ⓘ
draftLeague National Football League ⓘ
surface form: NFL
draftPickNumber 36 ⓘ
draftRound 3 ⓘ
draftYear 1958 ⓘ
eraOfPlay 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
familyName Nitschke ⓘ
fullName Ray Nitschke self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Raymond Ernest Nitschke
givenName Raymond ⓘ
GreenBayPackersHallOfFameInductionYear 1978 ⓘ
hallOfFame Pro Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1978 ⓘ
height 6 ft 3 in ⓘ
highSchoolAttended Proviso East High School ⓘ
surface form: Proviso Township High School
jerseyNumber 66 ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Green Bay Packers ⓘ
namedToNFLAllTimeTeam NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team ⓘ
NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team ⓘ
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team ⓘ
NFLChampion 1961 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
surface form: 1961 NFL Championship

1962 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
surface form: 1962 NFL Championship

1965 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
surface form: 1965 NFL Championship
notableFor hard-hitting defensive play ⓘ
key role on Vince Lombardi’s championship teams ⓘ
numberOfProBowls 1 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Elmwood Park, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Venice, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Venice, Florida, United States
playedEntireNFLCareerFor Green Bay Packers ⓘ
playedFor Green Bay Packers ⓘ
positionPlayed linebacker ⓘ
middle linebacker ⓘ
retiredNumber 66 ⓘ
retiredNumberBy Green Bay Packers ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
SuperBowlChampion Super Bowl I ⓘ
Super Bowl II ⓘ
weight 235 lb ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Green Bay Packers → notableHallOfFamer → Ray Nitschke ⓘ
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team → hasNotablePlayer → Ray Nitschke ⓘ
1961 NFL Championship Game → notablePlayer → Ray Nitschke ⓘ
1962 NFL Championship Game → mostValuablePlayer → Ray Nitschke ⓘ
Ray Nitschke → fullName → Ray Nitschke self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raymond Ernest Nitschke
Pro Football Hall of Fame 1989 → hasInductee → Ray Nitschke ⓘ