Mike Ruth

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Mike Ruth

No. 19

Defensive lineman

Personal information

Date of birth: June 25, 1964

Place of birth: Norristown, Pennsylvania

Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight: 266 lb (121 kg)

Career information

High school: Fairview Village (PA) Methacton

College: Boston College

NFL Draft: 1986 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42

Debuted in 1986 for the New England Patriots

Career history

New England Patriots (1986–1987)

Career highlights and awards

Outland Trophy (1985)

Career NFL statistics

Stats at NFL.com

Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Michael Joseph Ruth (born June 25, 1964) was an American football player. Ruth was a member of the College Football All-America Team and the winner of the 1985 Outland Trophy as college football's best lineman.^[1]^[2]

References

v t e 1985 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Chuck Long RB Reggie Dupard RB Bo Jackson RB Napoleon McCallum RB Thurman Thomas RB Lorenzo White WR Tim McGee WR David Williams TE Willie Smith OT Jim Dombrowski OT Brian Jozwiak G Jeff Bregel G Jamie Dukes G J. D. Maarleveld G John Rienstra C Peter Anderson

Defense	DL Tony Casillas DL Tim Green DL Mike Hammerstein DL Leslie O'Neal DL Mike Ruth LB Brian Bosworth LB Johnny Holland LB Larry Station DB Brad Cochran DB David Fulcher DB Scott Thomas

Special teams	K John Lee P Barry Helton

Outland Trophy winners

1946: Connor
1947: Steffy
1948: Fischer
1949: Bagdon
1950: Gain
1951: Weatherall
1952: Modzelewski
1953: J. Roberts
1954: Brooks
1955: C. Jones
1956: Parker
1957: Karras
1958: Z. Smith
1959: McGee
1960: T. Brown
1961: Olsen
1962: Bell
1963: Appleton
1964: DeLong
1965: Nobis
1966: Phillips
1967: Yary
1968: Stanfill
1969: Reid
1970: Stillwagon
1971: Jacobson
1972: Glover
1973: Hicks
1974: White
1975: Selmon
1976: Browner
1977: Shearer
1978: G. Roberts
1979: Ritcher
1980: May
1981: Rimington
1982: Rimington
1983: Steinkuhler
1984: B. Smith
1985: Ruth
1986: Buck
1987: Hennings
1988: Rocker
1989: Elewonibi
1990: Maryland
1991: Emtman
1992: Shields
1993: Waldrop
1994: Wiegert
1995: Ogden
1996: Pace
1997: Taylor
1998: Farris
1999: Samuels
2000: Henderson
2001: McKinnie
2002: Long
2003: Gallery
2004: J. Brown
2005: Eslinger
2006: Thomas
2007: Dorsey
2008: A. Smith
2009: Suh
2010: Carimi
2011: B. Jones
2012: Joeckel
2013: Donald

Persondata
Name	Ruth, Mike
Alternative names	Ruth, Michael Joseph; Ruth, Michael J.
Short description	All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman
Date of birth	June 25, 1964
Place of birth	Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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