Robert J. Stransky (born January 30, 1936) is an American former professional

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player. He grew up in

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, and attended the

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where he played

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at the tailback and

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positions for the Colorado Buffaloes football team from 1956 to 1957. He finished the 1957 season ranked second in the country with 1,097 rushing yards, and he was selected by the Football Writers Association of America and the

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as a first-team back on their respective 1957 College Football All-America Teams. He later played football in the

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(CFL) as a halfback for the

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(1958) and

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(1959)., and in 1960 with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League. He was inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.

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