Scott Dierking (born May 24, 1955) is a former

running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and block. Ther ...

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). He played for the New York Jets from 1977-1983 after being drafted in Round 4 of the 1977 NFL Draft.

College career

Before his NFL career, he played for

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mone ...

. In 1976, Dierking was named First-team All-

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...

Statistics

Source: During his playing career, he was sometimes referred to as the human "coke machine" because of his build and toughness.

Personal life

His son, Dan Dierking, attended

Wheaton Warrenville South High School Wheaton Warrenville South High School (WWSHS), locally referred to as "South", is a public four-year high school in Wheaton, Illinois. It is one of two high schools that are part of Community Unit School District 200, the other being Wheaton Nort ...

Wheaton, Illinois Wheaton is a suburban city in Milton and Winfield Townships and is the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois. It is located approximately west of Chicago. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 52,894, which was estimated ...

where he broke several of

Harold "Red" Grange Harold Edward "Red" Grange (June 13, 1903 – January 28, 1991), nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost" and "the Wheaton Iceman", was an American football halfback for the University of Illinois, the Chicago Bears, and the short-lived New York Yankees ...

's records and carried his 2006 football team to a state championship; he subsequently won the 2006 Illinois Player of the Year Award. He attended Purdue University as a scholarship running back/full back. He was the team's starting FB for the 2009 season, was Purdue's finest cover man on special teams and was voted team captain for the 2010 season.

References

1955 births Living people Players of American football from Lake County, Illinois American football running backs Purdue Boilermakers football players New York Jets players Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Sportspeople from Wheaton, Illinois Players of American football from DuPage County, Illinois {{runningback-1950s-stub