Robert C. Nairne (born March 24, 1954) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
linebacker
Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...
who played for seven seasons in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL) from 1977 to 1983. He played for
Oregon State University
Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...
in college.
General referencesRob Nairne Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com
1954 births
American football linebackers
Living people
Denver Broncos players
New Orleans Saints players
Oregon State Beavers football players
Sportspeople from Redding, California
Players of American football from Shasta County, California
People from Ferndale, California
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