Robert DeMarco (born September 16, 1938) is an American former footballcenter who played for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for four teams.
DeMarco was named to three Pro Bowls (1963, 1965, 1967) and one first-team All-Pro team (1967) while playing for the Cardinals.[2] In 1967, DeMarco was awarded a game ball after playing with a broken wrist and torn rib cartilage. The Cardinals released DeMarco after the 1969 season and he soon signed a contract with the Miami Dolphins.
DeMarco started every game at center for the Dolphins 1971 that went to the Super Bowl VI but lost his starting job to Jim Langer during the 1972 preseason. He was traded the Buffalo Bills but refused to report and retired. After missing the first two games of the 1972 season, he agreed to be traded to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a draft pick.[3]
He was inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.[4]
References
^Mills, Ed. "Where are they now? Former NFL star Bob DeMarco of Wood-Ridge"Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, The Record (Bergen County), January 28, 2014. Accessed January 25, 2017. "Growing up in Wood-Ridge, DeMarco was a two-way lineman at St. Mary and played as a sophomore on the Gaels' unbeaten nine-win team in 1953. Following graduation from the Rutherford parochial school in 1956, DeMarco went to Indiana University before transferring to Dayton, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in business management and economics in June 1961."