(1939-11-06)November 6, 1939 Preble, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died:
August 14, 2016(2016-08-14) (aged 76) Edina, Minnesota, U.S.
Career information
High school:
Preble
College:
Wisconsin
AFL draft:
1963 / Round: 21 / Pick: 163
Undrafted:
1963
Career history
Minnesota Vikings (1963–1967)
Career highlights and awards
Chicago Tribune Silver Football (1962)
First-team All-Big Ten (1962)
1963 Rose Bowl MVP
Chicago College All-Star Game MVP (1963)
Rose Bowl Hall of Fame (1991)
Career NFL statistics
TDINT:
6-11
Yards:
1375
Passer rating:
50.0
Player stats at PFR
Ronald Vander Kelen (November 6, 1939 – August 14, 2016) was an American football quarterback.[1] He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is best known for his MVP performance in the 1963 Rose Bowl, where he broke several Rose Bowl records, some of which still stand. In that game, he orchestrated a legendary fourth quarter comeback attempt against the USC Trojans in the first #1 (USC) versus #2 (Wisconsin) bowl game in college football history. Vander Kelen was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1991.[2]
^"Ron Vander Kelen NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
^"History - Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Inductees". www.tournamentofroses.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2011. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
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UCLA; Russell Stein, Washington & Jefferson; Charley Trippi, Georgia; RonVanderKelen, Wisconsin; George Wilson, Washington 1992 – Frank Albert, Stanford;...
another landmark season, spearheaded by the passing combination of RonVanderKelen to All-American Pat Richter. The Badgers standout victory was an upset...
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eleven-yard loss. On February 11, 1992, Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf traded the first-round pick his team had received from the Philadelphia...
that issue. In his rookie season he played sparingly as a backup to veteran Ron Jaworski but made a big splash with his uncanny scrambling ability, though...
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pass for 3,000 yards in consecutive seasons – Sonny Jurgensen (1961–62), Ron Jaworski (1980–81), and Randall Cunningham (1988–90) were the others. McNabb's...
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season, the Badgers lost to USC in the 1963 Rose Bowl. Quarterback RonVanderKelen led the Big Ten with 1,582 passing yards and 1,839 total yards and...
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Cal coach, dies at 85". USA Today. "Joe Kapp". Rotten Tomatoes. Fimrite, Ron (September 1, 1983). "The Anatomy of a Miracle". Sports Illustrated. pp. 212–228...
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as the winner would receive the Grantland Rice Trophy. Quarterback RonVanderKelen seemingly "come from nowhere" to lead the Badgers to a conference championship;...
to play for former head coach Bill Callahan, but Kansas State head coach Ron Prince, convinced Freeman to enroll there instead. As a freshman in 2006...
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