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Juntunen attended Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California, and graduated in 1974.
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He played college football at the University of Idaho. After a successful career in business, Juntenen sold his company at age 43 and retired. He is an advocate for international adoption reform.
Juntunen began his college football career nearby at De Anza Junior College in Cupertino, west of San Jose.
Sight unseen, he transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1976 to play for head coach Editor Troxel, splitting time with Rocky Tuttle at quarterback for the Vandals as a junior. Idaho was 7-4 that season, at the time one of the best records in school history.
As a senior in 1977, Juntunen was a co-captain and the team"s offensive Most Valuable Player, completing 52.7 percent of his passes for 770 yards and three touchdowns. He was inducted into the State of Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame and the University of Idaho Athletics Hall of Fame.
Juntunen played in the Canadian Football League for two seasons, for the Calgary Stampeders in 1978 and the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1979.
