Bob Kilcullen (May 13, 1936 – August 24, 2019) was an American

defensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numbe ...

who played ten seasons in the

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for the

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. He was selected by the Bears in the

1957 NFL Draft The 1957 National Football League draft had its first four rounds held on November 26, 1956, at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia and its final twenty-six rounds on January 31, 1957 at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel also in Philadelphia. This was ...

Athletic career

Kilcullen played at

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(now

Texas Tech University Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sys ...

) in college. While playing football he majored in art at the university.Gabriella Mazzucca, "Where Are They Now?" ''Street & Smith's Pro Football 1994,'' pg. 71.

Life after football

Following a ten year career in the NFL, Kilcullen returned to Dallas, where he was instrumental in establishing the Dallas Arts Center. Kilcullen continued to work as an artist himself, working in the media of oil painting, charcoal, and bronze sculpture. Kilcullen died on August 24, 2019 at the age of 83.Robert B. Kilcullen
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