John Rienstra

John William Rienstra (born March 22, 1963) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. Rienstra attended Temple University after graduating from the Academy of the New Church Secondary Schools.

John Rienstra

No. 79, 70
Position:	Guard
Personal information
Born:	(1963-03-22) March 22, 1963 (age 61) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	273 lb (124 kg)
Career information
High school:	Academy of the New Church Secondary Schools (Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania)
College:	Temple
NFL draft:	1986 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9
Career history
Pittsburgh Steelers (1986–1990) Cleveland Browns (1991–1992)
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1985)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 65 Games started: 48

At the 1986 NFL draft, the Steelers selected Reinstra with the ninth overall pick in the first round.^[1]

On July 6, 2016, Rienstra discovered the remains of Joe Keller, a man from Cleveland, Tennessee, who had gone missing while on a jog on July 23, 2015, in a remote and rugged area of the Rio Grande National Forest in Conejos County, Colorado.^[2][3]

References

1. "1986 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
2. Billman, Jon (March 13, 2017). "How 1,600 People Disappeared on Our Public Lands". Outside Online.
3. Paul, Jesse (August 8, 2016). "DNA confirms remains found in Conejos County are those of missing teen Joe Keller". The Denver Post.