Rick Egloff was a football player in the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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A graduate of the University of Wyoming

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, where he starred as a quarterback from 1964 to 1966, Egloff had led the Cowboys

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 to a 28 to 20 victory over Florida State University

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 in the 1966 Sun Bowl

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. He ran and passed for a touchdown that game.

Egloff was drafted by the Oakland Raiders

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 of the National Football League

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, in the 6th round (155 overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft

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, then traded to the Denver Broncos

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 in April 1968 but did not play with either team. In 1968, he played 4 games with the Montreal Alouettes

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 of the Canadian Football League

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He now resides in the foothills of Colorado where he runs an Italian restaurant.