Career
Originally a halfback for the Minnesota Vikings, he was converted to a receiver in his third season by the Dallas Cowboys and played the balance of his career at that position, including three final years for the Los Angeles Rams. Rentzel was one of three men credited with inspiring the eccentricities that surround Media Day at the Super Bowl. In January 1975 SPORT Magazine editor Dick Schaap hired Rentzel and teammate Fred Dryer to cover Super Bowl IX. Donning costumes inspired by The Front Page, "Cubby O"Switzer" (Rentzel) and "Scoops Brannigan" (Dryer) peppered players and coaches from both the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers with questions that ranged from the clichéd to the downright absurd.
Rentzel humorously explained, "We"re here to ask the dumbest questions we can and to mooch as much food and beer as we possibly can.".
