Rudolph John Mucha (July 22, 1918 – September 7, 1982) was an
American football
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guard for the
Cleveland Rams
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and the
Chicago Bears
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of the
National Football League
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. He was also a consensus
All-American collegiate center for the
University of Washington
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in 1940. Mucha was the first Washington Husky in school history to be taken in the first round of the NFL draft. Mucha was named to the
1939 College Football All Polish-American Team.
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Players of American football from Chicago
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