Robert Glenn Baumhower (born August 4, 1955 in Portsmouth, Virginia

Portsmouth, Virginia

Portsmouth is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 95,535.The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S...

) is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player who played college football for the University of Alabama

University of Alabama

The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....

 and professional football for the Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 of the NFL.

Collegiate and NFL awards

Playing as a defensive lineman, Baumhower was a two-time second team All-American in college and was selected five times to the Pro Bowl

Pro Bowl

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 in the NFL. He was drafted by the Dolphins with the 40th overall pick in the 1977 NFL draft

NFL Draft

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, just behind another defensive lineman from the Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

, A.J. Duhe of LSU

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

.

Baumhower and Duhe, who eventually was moved to inside linebacker, formed the heart of the Dolphins' "Killer B's" defense of the late 1970s through mid 1980s, coached by legendary defensive coordinator Bill Arnsparger

Bill Arnsparger

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. Baumhower was flanked on the line by ends Doug Betters

Doug Betters

Doug Betters is an American football player who played defensive end for the Miami Dolphins from 1978 to 1987.After graduating from Arlington Heights High School in Illinois, Betters played college Division I football for the University of Montana Grizzlies from 1974 to 1976, then transferred to...

 and Kim Bokamper

Kim Bokamper

Kim Bokamper is a former American Football linebacker who played his entire nine year career with the National Football League Miami Dolphins from 1977 to 1985....

, while other stars of the unit included outside linebacker Bob Brudzinski

Bob Brudzinski

Robert Louis Brudzinski is a former American football linebacker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League.-Ohio State:...

 and defensive backs Lyle Blackwood

Lyle Blackwood

Lyle Vernon Blackwood played safety position in the National Football League and is best known for teaming alongside his brother, Glenn Blackwood with the Miami Dolphins as part of the notorious "Killer B's" defense...

 and Glenn Blackwood

Glenn Blackwood

Glenn Allen Blackwood was a safety who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Blackwood attended the University of Texas. His brother Lyle Blackwood also played in the NFL, and they were teammates from 1981 through 1986 with the Miami Dolphins...

. The unit was ranked first in the NFL in total defense in 1982, when Miami reached Super Bowl XVII

Super Bowl XVII

Super Bowl XVII was an American football game played on January 30, 1983 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the strike-shortened 1982 regular season...

.

Years of taking on double- and triple-teams as a nose tackle began to take its toll on Baumhower's knees, and when he and Duhe began to miss chunks of playing time in the mid 1980s, the effectiveness of the Killer B's dropped dramatically. This was fully evident in Super Bowl XIX

Super Bowl XIX

Super Bowl XIX was an American football game played on January 20, 1985 at Stanford Stadium, on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1984 regular season...

, when the San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco 49ers

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 shredded the Dolphins for a then-Super Bowl record 537 yards in a 38-16 rout.

Duhe was released prior to the 1985 season, Baumhower would retire after the 1986 season.
Inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1995

On December 14, 2008, Baumhower was inducted into the Miami Dolphins Ring of Honor

The Miami Dolphin Honor Roll

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 during a ceremony at Dolphin Stadium

Dolphin Stadium

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 (now Sun Life Stadium).

Alabama restaurant owner

Baumhower is also the namesake for the Baumhower's Restaurant, a series of eight restaurants located in the state of Alabama

Alabama

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 specializing in buffalo wings

Buffalo wings

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. He opened his first restaurant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama . Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the fifth-largest city in Alabama, with a population of 90,468 in 2010...

, in 1981, and expanded to Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

, Huntsville

Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....

, Daphne

Daphne, Alabama

Daphne is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The city is located along I-10, 11 miles east of Mobile and 150 miles southwest of the state capital of Montgomery. The United States Census 2000 lists the population of the city as 16,581 making...

, Mobile and Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...

. The Tuscaloosa location has been the long-time location of "Hey Coach", a weekly call-in show featuring Alabama's coaches in football, men's basketball and baseball.

Baumhower currently lives in Baldwin County, Alabama

Baldwin County, Alabama

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*85.7% White*9.4% Black*0.7% Native American*0.7% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.5% Two or more races*4.4% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

. He was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha

Lambda Chi Alpha

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fraternity.