Terry Tausch

American football player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican football player
PlacesUnited States of America
wasAmerican football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth5 February 1959, New Braunfels, USA
Death25 March 2020Plano, USA (aged 61 years)
Star signAquarius
Stats
Height:77 in
Weight:275 lbs
Education
New Braunfels High School
Sports Teams
Minnesota Vikings
San Francisco 49ers
Texas Longhorns football
The details

Biography

Terry Wayne Tausch (February 5, 1959 – March 25, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL).

Tausch was a senior tight end and nose guard on the 1976 New Braunfels team that won the school's first district title in 26 years. Besides being a football standout at New Braunfels, he played on the baseball team and was an outstanding shot putter on the track and field squad. He still holds the school record in the shot put.

Tausch attended the University of Texas at Austin where he was a redshirt freshman. He was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor in 2001

The Minnesota Vikings made Tausch a second-round draft choice in 1982 with the 39th overall draft pick. He played seven seasons for Minnesota in 68 games at right guard and one season for the San Francisco 49ers when they won Super Bowl XXIV.

Terry and his wife, Ela, had two sons, Nicholas and Eric. Nicholas and Eric played college football at Notre Dame and TCU, respectively.

On March 25, 2020, Tausch died at his home in Plano, Texas at the age of 61.

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