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.

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Label Occurrences
Joe Klecko canonical 11

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 National Football League ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: New York Jets Ring of Honor
inductedIntoHallOfFame Pro Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
jerseyNumber 73 ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
memberOf New York Jets ⓘ
surface form: New York Sack Exchange
memberOfSportsTeam New York Jets ⓘ
nflTeamTenure Indianapolis Colts ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis Colts, 1988

New York Jets ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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New York Jets → retiredNumberHolder → Joe Klecko ⓘ
Temple Owls football → notableAlumnus → Joe Klecko ⓘ
Abdul Salaam → teammate → Joe Klecko ⓘ
Klecko → member → Joe Klecko ⓘ
subject surface form: New York Sack Exchange
Klecko → hasNotableBearer → Joe Klecko ⓘ
Klecko → father → Joe Klecko ⓘ
subject surface form: Dan Klecko
Mark Gastineau → teammate → Joe Klecko ⓘ
Marty Lyons → notableTeammate → Joe Klecko ⓘ
New York Sack Exchange → member → Joe Klecko ⓘ
Dan Klecko → relative → Joe Klecko ⓘ
Dan Klecko → father → Joe Klecko ⓘ