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Glenn Ressler

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Position:
Center and Middle Guard


Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: 2001

All-American Selection: 1964

A dominant two-way lineman from 1962-64, Glenn Ressler was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame on December 11, 2001. A native of Dornsife, Pa., Ressler won three varsity letters, excelling at center and middle guard. In his senior season of 1964, he was a consensus All- American and was the choice of Philadelphia's Maxwell Football Club as the nation's most outstanding player. Ressler played in the East-West Shrine Classic and Hula Bowl following his senior season and graduated in 1965. He played for 10 seasons with the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League after being selected in the third round of the `65 draft. He was a member of the Colts' 1969 Super Bowl team and played on Baltimore's 1971 NFL Championship squad that defeated the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V. Ressler was selected second-team All-NFL in 1968 by the New York Daily News. He lives in Mechanicsburg, Pa., and volunteers his time to several community organizations.

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