Name Rich Wingo High school: Elkhart (IN) | College: Alabama Sacks: 1 | |
Date of birth: (1956-07-16) July 16, 1956 (age 59) NFL draft: 1979 / Round: 7 / Pick: 184 | ||
I Wasted My Time at the University of Alabama
Rich Wingo (born Richard Allen Wingo on July 16, 1956) is an American Republican politician and a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played five seasons for the Green Bay Packers from 1979 to 1984. He was drafted by the Packers in the seventh round of the 1979 NFL Draft out of the University of Alabama.
He was a part of one of the most famous plays in college football history, "The Goal Line Stand" in Alabama's Sugar Bowl victory over Penn State in 1979. He played for college coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. From Pee Wee football through high school, he led every team he played for in tackles.
He is the only Packers player to have a scoring total of 1 point. In 1981 he caught a pass in the end zone for a successful point-after-touchdown after a botched place-kick attempt.
Wingo had served as strength coach at Alabama.
He lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and has two sons: Jake and Luke Wingo.
In 2014 Wingo ran to the Alabama House of Representatives, winning the general election in November. He was sworn in in 2015.