From 1972-78 and again in 1990, Rutkowski served as a color commentator on the Bills' radio broadcasts. In 1979, he became the County Executive of Erie County, New York, succeeding Edward Regan, who stepped down to become New York State Comptroller. Rutkowski was elected to full terms in 1979 and 1983, following his one-year unexpired term, for a total of nine years in office. In 1987, Rutkowski was defeated for reelection by Assemblyman Dennis Gorski.
He was the fourth quarterback from a Buffalo professional football team to enter politics, following his teammate Jack Kemp, George Ratterman and Tommy Hughitt. Incidentally, both Kemp and Rutkowski were Republicans.
rutkowski, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, talk, p. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Ed Rutkowski news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Edward John Anthony Rutkowski born March 21 1941 is an American former professional football player and politician He played for the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League AFL earning AFL All Star honors Ed Rutkowski4th Executive of Erie CountyIn office 1979 1987Preceded byEdward ReganSucceeded byDennis GorskiPersonal detailsBorn 1941 03 21 March 21 1941 age 82 Kingston Pennsylvania U S Political partyRepublicanAmerican football careerNo 46 40Position Wide receiver QuarterbackCareer informationCollege Notre DameCareer historyBuffalo Bills 1963 1968 Montreal Alouettes 1969 Career highlights and awards2 AFL champion 1964 1965 AFL All Star 1965 Career NFL statisticsPassing attempts 102Passing completions 41Completion percentage 40 2 TD INT 0 6Passing yards 380Passer rating 26 6Return yards 3 015Player stats at PFRRutkowski played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish He was an AFL All Star in 1965 playing for Buffalo as a wide receiver defensive back punt and kickoff return man and backup quarterback from 1963 to 1968 In a famous Topps football card mix up Rutkowski was shown on two Buffalo Bills football cards his own and mistakenly on the card for Ray Abruzzese Rutkowski finished his playing career with seven games as a backup quarterback with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in 1969 From 1972 78 and again in 1990 Rutkowski served as a color commentator on the Bills radio broadcasts In 1979 he became the County Executive of Erie County New York succeeding Edward Regan who stepped down to become New York State Comptroller Rutkowski was elected to full terms in 1979 and 1983 following his one year unexpired term for a total of nine years in office In 1987 Rutkowski was defeated for reelection by Assemblyman Dennis Gorski In 1995 Rutkowski was appointed by Governor George Pataki as deputy commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation In this post he was charge of all state parks and recreations operations in Western New York including Niagara Falls He held the post for 12 years until Pataki left office He was the fourth quarterback from a Buffalo professional football team to enter politics following his teammate Jack Kemp George Ratterman and Tommy Hughitt Incidentally both Kemp and Rutkowski were Republicans He is of Polish origin 1 See also editList of American Football League playersReferences edit Polish Americans Helena Znaniecka Lopata Mary Patrice Erdmans p 140 Sporting positionsPreceded byDick Rifenburg and Ralph Hubbell Buffalo Bills color commentator1971 1977 Succeeded byStan BarronPolitical officesPreceded byEdward Regan Erie County New York County Executive1979 1987 Succeeded byDennis Gorski Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ed Rutkowski amp oldid 1200820605, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
