Russell Dean Bolinger (born September 10, 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 wi ...
offensive lineman, actor, broadcaster, playwright, sports writer/Detroit Free Press and an NFL Football Scout. He played for nine 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 1976 to 1985 and in 1985 he played for the Memphis Showboats of the USFL. For the past 30 years he has worked as a recruiting coordinator for the University of Utah, an NFL scout for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins, St. Louis Rams, and Atlanta Falcons.
External links
NFL.com player page* http://articles.latimes.com/1989-03-17/entertainment/ca-1524_1_richard-iii/2
* http://www.atlantafalcons.com/team/staff/Russ-Bolinger/3e32db48-8e49-4a2e-8630-3f7e5f1b8ec0
1954 births
Living people
Players of American football from Wichita, Kansas
American football offensive tackles
American football offensive guards
California State University, Long Beach alumni
Long Beach State 49ers football players
UC Riverside Highlanders football players
Detroit Lions players
Los Angeles Rams players
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