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.Bob Long .Major League Baseball Umpire
{{Short description|American football player (born 1941)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Other uses}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2010}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
|image=<!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] -->
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1941|06|16}}
|birth_place=[[McKeesport, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
|death_date=
|number=80, 86
|college=[[Wichita State Shockers football|Wichita State]]
|high_school=Washington Twp.
|height_ft=6
|height_in=3
|weight_lbs=205
|position=[[Wide receiver]]
|draftyear=1964
|draftround=4
|draftpick=44
|afldraftyear=1964
|afldraftround=10
|afldraftpick=74
|pastteams=
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|1964}}–{{NFL Year|1967}})
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|1968}})
* [[Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1969}})
* [[Los Angeles Rams]] ({{NFL Year|1970}})
|highlights=
* 3× NFL champion ([[1965 NFL Championship Game|1965]], [[1966 NFL Championship Game|1966]], [[1967 NFL Championship Game|1967]])
* 2× [[Super Bowl]] champion ([[Super Bowl I|I]], [[Super Bowl II|II]])
|statlabel1=Receiving yards
|statvalue1=1,539
|statlabel2=Receptions
|statvalue2=98
|statlabel3=Receiving [[Touchdown|TDs]]
|statvalue3=10
|statlabel4=Rushing yards
|statvalue4=304
|statlabel5=Games played
|statvalue5=80
|statlabel6=Games started
|statvalue6=7
|nfl=LON516304
|pfr=LongBo00
}}
'''Robert Andrew Long''' (born June 16, 1941) is a former [[American football]] [[wide receiver]] in the [[National Football League]] who played in the 1960s and 1970s<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Long|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LongBo00.htm|publisher=pre-football-reference.com|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref> and earned two [[Super Bowl ring]]s. He attended suburban [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]'s Washington Township High School (near [[Apollo, Pennsylvania|Apollo]]), and [[Wichita State University]]. His seven-year pro-career was spent with the [[Green Bay Packers]] and the [[Washington Redskins]]. He was a contributing player of both of [[Vince Lombardi]]'s teams which won [[Super Bowl I]] and [[Super Bowl II]]. Long was inducted into the State of Kansas Hall of Fame in 1965 and the Wichita State Hall of Fame in 1972. Recently, in 2008 he was added to the Western Chapter of Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.

After being a Third-team All American at Wichita State University, Bob was drafted in the fourth round by the Green Bay Packers in 1964. He played on the Green Bay teams that won the NFL Championship in 1965, and won the first two Super Bowls in 1966 and 1967. That Packers team is the only team in NFL history to win three championships in a row.

After joining the Atlanta Falcons in 1968, Long reunited with Lombardi in 1969 with the Washington Redskins. He spent his final season with the [[Los Angeles Rams]] in 1970. Bob also was Doing Active National Guardsman Duty as a Corporal during the 1969 Season.

Long, along with Tom Brown, played for both the Green Bay Packers and Washington Redskins under Vince Lombardi and are part of the "Lombardi Legend."

He has been very active in charity events in the state of Wisconsin. He served as President of NFLPA Retirees for Wisconsin. He has raised over $1,500,000 for various charities with the Long Journey to the Super Bowl Raffle. He has worked tirelessly for the [[Ray Nitschke]] Foundation, Special Olympics, Task Force Against Family violence and Alzheimers. He also brought the first [[Pizza Hut]] to northern Wisconsin from 1968 to 1979.


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