Jon William Giesler 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...

 offensive tackle who played ten seasons with the Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

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 of the NFL

National Football League

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. He was selected by the Dolphins in the first round as the 24th overall pick in the 1979 NFL Draft

1979 NFL Draft

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Biography

Giesler grew up in Woodville, Ohio

Woodville, Ohio

Woodville is a village in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,977 at the 2000 census. The National Arbor Day Foundation has designated Woodville as a Tree City USA.-History:...

, a town of approximately 2,000 people, located 30 minutes southeast of Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio

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. He attended Woodmore High School

Woodmore High School

Woodmore High School is a public high school in Elmore, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Woodmore Local Schools district, which also serves Woodville, Ohio. Their nickname is the Wildcats...

 in Elmore, Ohio

Elmore, Ohio

Elmore is a village in Ottawa and Sandusky counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,426 at the 2000 census.The Ottawa County portion of Elmore is part of the Toledo Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Sandusky County portion is part of the Fremont Micropolitan Statistical...

 where he was a football and track star. He won the Ohio Class "A" State Championship in both shot put and discus. After graduating high school in 1975, he attended the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 on a football scholarship and played under the legendary coach, Bo Schembechler

Bo Schembechler

Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler, Jr. was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1963 to 1968 and at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1989, compiling a career record of 234–65–8...

. In 1977, during his junior year, Giesler saw action in all 12 games playing both left and right tackle. He started all 12 games at left tackle during his senior season in 1978, and was an All Conference selection in the Big Ten.

Following his retirement from the NFL at the conclusion of the 1988 season, Giesler remained in Florida where he owns a chain of restaurants.