Conrad Dobler

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Conrad Dobler

Date of birth:	October 1, 1950 (1950-10-01) (age 57)
Place of birth:	Chicago, IL
Career information
Position(s):	Guard
College:	Wyoming
NFL Draft:	1972 / Round: 5 / Pick 110
Organizations
As player:
1972-1977 1978-1979 1980-1981	St. Louis Cardinals New Orleans Saints Buffalo Bills
Career highlights and Awards
Pro Bowls:	1975, 1976, 1977
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Conrad Francis Dobler (born October 22, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American football offensive lineman in the NFL.

Dobler was drafted out of the University of Wyoming in the 1972 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He would also play for the New Orleans Saints and the Buffalo Bills. Dobler was a member of the NFC's Pro Bowl roster in 1975, 1976, and 1977. Dobler is best known as arguably the dirtiest player in NFL history.

Dobler paid a high price for his NFL career. Today Dobler is 90% disabled having suffered through numerous operations to repair his battered body. Still in need of further surgeries Dobler, like many other disabled NFL veterans, has been unable to gain disability assistance from the NFL Players Union.

On April 5, 2007, The Buffalo News reported that as a result of falling out of a hammock in 2001 Dobler's wife Joy became a quadraplegic. Substantial medical bills for Joy's care have put the Dobler family in financial hardship, to the point they could no longer pay for their academically gifted daughter, Holli, to attend college. After champion golfer Phil Mickelson heard of the Dobler family situation on ESPN, Mickelson volunteered to pay for Holli's college education at Miami University in Ohio. [1]