Joe Klecko

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American football player Pro Football Hall of Famer defensive lineman human

Joe Klecko is a former American football defensive lineman best known as a dominant member of the New York Jets' famed "New York Sack Exchange" and a Pro Football Hall of Famer.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football player → Pro Football Hall of Famer → defensive lineman → human →
allProSelectionCount	2 →
associatedWithCity	New York City →
associatedWithFranchise	New York Jets →
collegeAttended	Temple University →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1953-10-15 →
draftedBy	New York Jets →
draftLeague	NFL →
draftPickNumber	144 →
draftRound	6 →
draftYear	1977 →
era	20th-century American football player →
familyName	Klecko →
fullName	Joseph Edward Klecko →
gender	male →
givenName	Joseph →
hallOfFame	Pro Football Hall of Fame →
hallOfFameInductionYear	2023 →
hasNickname	member of the New York Sack Exchange →
honor	New York Jets Ring of Honor →
inductedIntoHallOfFame	Pro Football Hall of Fame →
jerseyNumber	73 →
league	National Football League →
memberOf	New York Sack Exchange →
memberOfSportsTeam	New York Jets →
nflTeamTenure	Indianapolis Colts, 1988 → New York Jets, 1977–1987 →
notableAchievement	Pro Bowl selection at multiple defensive line positions →
notableFor	member of the New York Sack Exchange →
occupation	professional American football player →
placeOfBirth	Chester, Pennsylvania, United States →
playedCollegeFootballFor	Temple Owls football →
playedFor	Indianapolis Colts → New York Jets →
positionPlayed	defensive end → defensive tackle → nose tackle →
proBowlSelectionCount	4 →
recognizedFor	ability to play multiple defensive line positions at a Pro Bowl level →
retired	true →
sport	American football →
teammateInNewYorkSackExchange	Abdul Salaam → Mark Gastineau → Marty Lyons →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abdul Salaam → Mark Gastineau →	teammate
Dan Klecko →	father
Klecko →	hasNotableBearer
New York Sack Exchange →	member
Temple Owls football →	notableAlumnus
New York Jets →	retiredNumberHolder