![]() Bob Jensen, 1949 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Born: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | December 29, 1925||
Died: | October 8, 2015 Rancho Mirage, California, U.S. | (aged 89)||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
High school: | Lane Tech (IL) | ||
College: | Iowa State | ||
Position: | End | ||
NFL draft: | 1948 / Round: 13 / Pick: 109 | ||
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Robert Peter Jensen (December 29, 1925 – October 8, 2015) was an American football end.
Jensen was born in 1925 in Chicago and attended high school at Lane Tech.[1] He was captain of the Lane Tech football team and selected for all-Chicago honors in 1943.[2] He served in the Navy after high school and then played college football for the Iowa State in 1946 and 1947.[2] In 1947, he ranked fifth in the Big Six Conference with 11 receptions for 212 yards.[3]
He was selected by the Boston Yanks with the 109th pick in the 1948 NFL Draft,[4] but he instead took a job with the Carnegie Illinois Steel Company upon graduation.[3] He signed in July 1948 with the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).[5] He played for the Rockets/Hornets in 1948 and 1949, and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts during the 1950 season.[4][6][7] He appeared in a total of 34 AAFC and NFL games and had 22 receptions for 290 yards and one touchdown.[4]
He died in 2015 at age 89 in Rancho Mirage, California.[4]