Mirro Roder
Born: | Olomouc, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic) | January 22, 1944
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Career information | |
Position(s) | K |
College | None |
NFL draft | 1972 / Round: |
Career history | |
As player | |
1972–1974 | Chicago Bears |
1976 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Career stats | |
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Mirro Roder (born January 22, 1944 in Olomouc – (July 9, 2021) is a former American football placekicker who played three seasons in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the Chicago Bears, and two games for the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976 and missed all three field goals that he attempted with them. He is the first Czechoslovakian-born player in the NFL (the town in which he was born is now part of the modern-day Czech Republic). Original name Miroslav Rödr.
Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Czech players of American football
- American football placekickers
- Chicago Bears players
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
- Sportspeople from Olomouc
- American football placekicker stubs