Rich Glover

Rich Glover
Date of birth:	February 6, 1950 (1950-02-06) (age 59)
Place of birth:	Bayonne, NJ
Career information
Position(s):	Defensive tackle
College:	Nebraska
NFL Draft:	1973 / Round: 3 / Pick 69
Organizations
As player:
1973 1975	New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles
Career highlights and awards
Awards:	1972 Outland Trophy Lombardi Award
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame

Richard Edward Glover (born February 6, 1950 in Bayonne, New Jersey) was an American football player.

In 1972, while playing college football for the University of Nebraska, he won the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award for best lineman; he is one of seven Nebraska winners of the Outland Trophy and one of four Nebraska winners of the Lombardi Award. He is, along with fellow Nebraska Cornhuskers Dave Rimington and Dean Steinkuhler, one of only twelve players to have won both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award. He was selected to the Nebraska All-Century Football Team and is one of sixteen Cornhuskers to have his jersey retired by the team.

In 1999 Glover was selected as a starting defensive tackle by Sports Illustrated in their "NCAA Football All-Century Team" alongside other starting defensive tackle Bronko Nagurski. The second and third team defensive tackles were Buck Buchanan, Lee Roy Selmon, Mike Reid and Randy White. Glover was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers on SI's All-Century Team 85 man roster; the others being Johnny Rodgers, Rimington, Steinkuhler, Tommie Frazier and Aaron Taylor. Glover was the only Cornhusker defensive player selected.

He played in the NFL for the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles. He is currently the head coach at Dickinson High School in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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