Douglas Gordon Crusan Jr. (born July 26, 1946 in Monessen, Pennsylvania

Monessen, Pennsylvania

Monessen is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,669 at the 2000 census. In 1940, 20,257 people lived there. In 1990 the population was 13,026. Steel-making was a prominent industry in Monessen, which was a Rust Belt borough in the "Mon Valley" of...

) is a former American football

American football

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 offensive tackle who played seven seasons in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 for the Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

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. He played in Super Bowl

Super Bowl

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s VI

Super Bowl VI

Super Bowl VI was an American football game played on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1971 regular season...

, VII

Super Bowl VII

Super Bowl VII was an American football game played on January 14, 1973, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1972 regular season...

, and VIII

Super Bowl VIII

Super Bowl VIII was a professional American football game played on January 13, 1974 at Rice Stadium. in Houston, Texas to decide the National Football League champion following the 1973 regular season. The American Football Conference champion Miami Dolphins defeated the National Football...

. Crusan was the starting offensive tackle for the 1972 Super Bowl Champion Miami Dolphins

1972 Miami Dolphins season

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, the only NFL team to finish an unbeaten season (17-0). He was also the team captain for the 1967 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1967 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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 and played defensive tackle in the 1968 Rose Bowl

Rose Bowl Game

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 against Southern Cal and O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson

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. He was a first-round selection in the 1968 NFL Draft

1968 NFL Draft

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, picked by the Dolphins behind Larry Csonka

Larry Csonka

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. Doug has been involved in the private sector as a senior business manager since retiring from the NFL, and has been actively involved in the NFLPA for 38 years.