Background

Kyle Rote was born on October 27, 1928, in San Antonio, Texas. He was the son of Jack and Emma Belle Rote. When Rote was 16, he lost his mother and older brother Jack.

Education

Kyle Rote graduated from the Thomas Jefferson High School in 1947, where he was an all-state player in both football and basketball. After it, he attended Vanderbilt University and then transferred to Southern Methodist University.

Career

After education, Kyle Rote joined the New York Giants in 1951. He quickly became an in-demand player, and his teammates made him team captain each year during his career. After he retired in 1961, Rote became the Giants' backfield coach for two seasons.

Kyle Rote's post-football career consisted of work as a broadcaster for National Broadcasting Company television and, during the 1960s and early 1970s, as director of sports and community relations for WNEW-Radio in New York. He also served as national sports director for the National Foundation for Neuromuscular Disease and the Society for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency.

Besides, Kyle Rote was a writer. He was the author of three books about football, including The Language of Pro Football, and two books on soccer, including Wilson Guide to Soccer, written with Donn Risolo.

Achievements

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  Kyle Rote was a star football player for the New York Giants during the 1950s and early 1960s. During education at the Southern Methodist University, his talents led to his nomination for the Heisman Trophy in 1950. While playing for the Giants, Rote's team appeared in four national championships and won the title against the Chicago Bears in 1958. In 1950 Kyle Rote was featured on the cover of a Life Magazine. In 1964 he was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame. As a writer, Kyle Rote was the author of The Language of Pro Football and two books on soccer, including Wilson Guide to Soccer.
  
  

Works

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  • The Language Of Pro Football 1966
  • Wilson Guide to Soccer 1994
  • Pro Football for the Fan 1965

Views

Being the head of the National Football League Players Association, Kyle Rote advocated for the same possibilities for all players of all races when the teams played on the road.

Membership

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  Kyle Rote was the head of the National Football League Players Association.

  National Football League Players Association , United States

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• Kyle Rote Jr.: "To me, the most remarkable thing about him from a football standpoint was that he had fourteen teammates who named their sons after him."

Connections

Kyle Rote's first wife was Elizabeth Jeanett Jamison. They married in 1949 and had four children: Kyle, Gary, Chris, and Elizabeth. Then, Rote married Sharon Ritchie in 1965, but they divorced in 1973. Later, he married Betty-Nina Langmack in 1976.

Father:

Jack Rote

Mother:

Emma Belle Rote

Emma Belle Rote's maiden name was Owens.

Wife:

Elizabeth Jeanett Jamison

Elizabeth Jeanett Jamison was Kyle Rote's first wife.

Son:

Kyle Rote Jr.

Kyle Rote Jr. is an American football player. He played seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and earned five caps with the United States men's national soccer team between 1973 and 1975.

Son:

Gary Rote

Gary Rote worked as a bookstore manager, a salesman, and a copy machine technician.

Son:

Chris Rote

Daughter:

Elizabeth Rote

Wife:

Sharon Kay Ritchie

Sharon Ritchie was Kyle Rote's second wife. They divorced in 1973. Sharon was Miss America in 1956.

Wife:

Betty-Nina Langmack

Betty-Nina Langmack was Kyle Rote's third wife.

colleague:

Donn Risolo