Bob Kuechenberg, who made six Pro Bowls and three All-Pro teams from 1970-83 with the Dolphins, died Saturday night at the age of 71, the team announced Sunday morning.
Bob Kuechenberg, an All-Pro guard on the Dolphins’ Super Bowl offensive lines of the 1970s, died Saturday night at the age of 71, the team announced Sunday.
Kuechenberg came out of Northern Indiana — born in the Chicagoland city of Gary, played at Hobart High School, then at Notre Dame. He signed with the Dolphins as a free agent in 1970, the year Don Shula took the head coaching job, after being a Philadelphia third round pick in 1969 and quitting to play semi-pro football for a season. He quickly became a key piece of one of the great offensive lines in NFL history, as the Dolphins powerful running game led the team to three consecutive Super Bowls and two Super Bowl wins in Shula’s first four seasons.
Over a 15-season career, Kuechenberg started in the franchise’s first four Super Bowls, made the Pro Bowl six times and was first or second team All-Pro three times.
