1970 Bills Defensive Line Profiles

JIM DUNAWAY
Defensive Tackle
No. 78
Mississippi
Jim was selected for the AFL East All-Star team every year from 1965-68 and was named first-team All-AFL in 1966. He's outstanding at ending high powered ground attacks and is the kind of head-hunting defensive tackle feared by opposing quarterbacks.
In his college days at Ole Miss, Jim was a consensus All-American.


BOB TATAREK
Defensive Tackle
No. 71
Miami
"A powerful and willing worker, Tatarek took over the right defensive tackle position from Tom Sestak. A 6-4, 260-pound third-year man out of Miami, Bob continued to improve throughout the '69 season, his first as a regular. He had weight problems as a rookie, but last year licked that and is now touted as a future All-Star."

-Brenda and Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1970


RON MCDOLE
Defensive End
No. 72
Nebraska
"Coach Rauch has such confidence in this 6-3, 288-pound defensive end that the team depth chart doesn't even list a replacement for McDole. He is almost a perennial All-Star now and the one time he didn't make it, the Buffalo fans resented the snub and made McDole a cause celebre.
As a one-time journeyman pro he tried to make it with St. Louis, Houston and Minnesota. McDole had a problem with migraine headaches which almost ended his career. Now he is in the business of giving headaches. Most teams double-team him because of his great pursuit and his never-quit attitude."

-Brenda and Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1970

"Ron was outstanding last season. He has great pursuit and has intercepted one or more passes in five of his last six seasons. He has fine mobility for a big man and has been on several All-AFL teams. Ron had played for the Cardinals, Oilers and Vikings before becoming a Bill.
He was All-Big Eight Conference in 1959 and 1960 at Nebraska. He played offensive end and tackle and appeared in the Senior Bowl, All-American Bowl and Blue-Gray Game.
Ron lives in a 150-year-old house he remodeled."

-1970 Topps No. 63


AL COWLINGS
Defensive End
1st Round
USC
Al was an All-American defensive tackle for undefeated USC in his senior year, leading a feared line known as 'The Wild Bunch.' Few linemen coming out of college in recent years can equal his pass-rushing ability. Al can get off the line quickly and work his way through a wall of blockers and is skilled at harassing a quarterback.
Al was a teammate of his good friend O.J. Simpson at San Francisco's Galileo High School, the City College of San Francisco and USC.