Randy Rasmussen (American football, born 1945)

Not to be confused with Randy Rasmussen (American football, born 1960).

Randy Rasmussen

No. 66
Position:	Guard
Personal information
Born:	(1945-05-10) May 10, 1945 St. Paul, Nebraska, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school:	Elba (Elba, Nebraska)
College:	Nebraska–Kearney
NFL draft:	1967 / Round: 12 / Pick: 302
Career history
New York Jets (1967–1981)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (III) AFL champion (1968)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 207 Games started: 199 Fumble recoveries: 9
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Randall Lee Rasmussen (born May 10, 1945) is an American former football guard who played for 15 seasons with the New York Jets of the American Football League (AFL) and later National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska–Kearney Lopers and was selected by the Jets in the 12th round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft. Rasmussen played for the Jets in the 1968 AFL Championship Game victory over the Oakland Raiders. He started in the Super Bowl III, in which the Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts.

He was the last of the starting Jets players in the game to retire, playing his final game in the 1981 playoffs against the Buffalo Bills.

Rasmussen is one of five professional football players in history who attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He was the only one of those five to be selected in the NFL draft.

See also

• List of American Football League players