Dave Petzke

Dave Petzke
Northern Illinois Huskies – No. 6
Position	Wide receiver
Personal information
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	182 lb (83 kg)
Career history
College	Northern Illinois (1977–1978)
Career highlights and awards
	NCAA receiving leader (1978); Third-team All-American (1978); MAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year (1978); Northern Illinois Huskies No. 6 retired;

Dave Petzke (born c. 1957) was an American football player. He played college football for the Northern Illinois Huskies football team from 1977 to 1978.^[1]^[2]^[3] In 11 games during the 1978 season, he caught 91 passes for 1,215 yards and 11 touchdowns. He led the NCAA Division I-A colleges that year in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.^[1]^[4] He was selected as the Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 1978. He later worked for the Capital Financial Group in Boulder, Colorado.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Dave Petzke". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
^ "Dave Petzke Bio". Northern Illinois University. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
^ "NI's Petzke gets 91st catch". The Pantagraph. November 26, 1978 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Leading Receiver Lacks Publicity". Observer-Reporter. November 18, 1978.
^ "Dave Petzke". Capital Financial Group. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2015.