Robert Louis Vogel (born September 23, 1941) is a former professional

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 for the Baltimore Colts from 1963 to 1972. During that span he appeared in

Super Bowl III Super Bowl III was an American football game played on January 12, 1969 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. It was the third AFL–NFL Championship Game in professional American football, and the first to officially bear the trademark name "Su ...

and

Super Bowl V Super Bowl V was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Colts and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys to determine the National Football League (NFL) champion ...

for the Colts and was selected for the

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five times. He played college football at

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. Vogel's football resume was very impressive. Played his Sr. year of high school in

Massillon Washington High School Washington High School, commonly referred to as Massillon High School or Massillon Washington High School, is a 9th to 12th grade secondary school within the Massillon City School District in the city of Massillon, Ohio, United States. The schoo ...

, he earned first-team All-Ohio honors in 1958. After starring at

, he was the fifth player chosen in the

1963 NFL Draft The 1963 National Football League draft was held at the Sheraton in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, December 3, 1962. The first overall selection was quarterback Terry Baker of Oregon State, the Heisman Trophy winner, taken by the Los Angeles ...

by the Baltimore Colts. Vogel protected Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas' blindside in Super Bowls III and V. In 2021, the Professional Football Researchers Association named Vogel to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2021

References

Bob Vogel (statistics & history) – Pro-Football-Reference.com

1941 births Living people People from Toronto, Ohio Sportspeople from Massillon, Ohio Players of American football from Columbus, Ohio American football offensive tackles Ohio State Buckeyes football players Baltimore Colts players American Conference Pro Bowl players Western Conference Pro Bowl players {{offensive-lineman-1940s-stub