Rich Glover Richard Edward " Richie " Glover ( born February 6 , 1950 ) is a former professional football player , a defensive tackle for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL . He played college football at Nebraska under head coach Bob Devaney . Glover played his high school football at Snyder High School in Jersey City , NJ . Glover recalls a time when his coach , Roy Corso , instructed each player to bring a garbage pail cover with them for after the game . When asked why , Corso responded it was for their own protection . Glover admits if it wasn ' t for those covers , they never would have made it past the losing team throwing rocks at the bus windows on the way out of the parking lot . In his senior season for the Huskers in 1972 , he won the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award ; the second of eight Nebraska winners of the Outland Trophy and the first of five Nebraska winners of the Lombardi Award . Nebraska players have won nine Outland Trophys overall , by far the most in the nation . Oklahoma has the second most with four . As the middle guard , he was a key member of the Blackshirts as an underclassman on the 1970 and 1971 undefeated Nebraska teams that won consecutive national championship s . The 1972 team team was a pre - season # 1 but lost their road opener and finished 9 - 2 - 1 , rising to fourth in the final AP poll , buoyed by a third consecutive Orange Bowl victory , 40 - 6 over Notre Dame . Rich Glover was the second straight winner of the Outland Trophy from Nebraska , his New York Giant teammate Larry Jacobson won in 1971 . He is the first of four Cornhuskers ( Dave Rimington , Dean Steinkuhler and Ndamukong Suh ) , and one of thirteen lineman , to have won both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award in their careers . Glover also finished third in the 1972 Heisman Trophy voting , won by teammate Johnny Rodgers ; he was the only defensive player in the top ten . He was selected to the Nebraska All - Century Football Team and is one of sixteen Cornhuskers to have his jersey ( # 79 ) retired . Glover was selected to the College Football Hall Of Fame in 1995 . In 1999 Glover was selected as a starting defensive tackle by " Sports Illustrated " in their " NCAA Football All - Century Team " alongside other starting defensive tackle Bronko Nagurski . The second and third team defensive tackles were Buck Buchanan , Lee Roy Selmon , Mike Reid and Randy White . Glover was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers on SI ' s All - Century Team 85 man roster ; the others being Johnny Rodgers , Dave Rimington , Dean Steinkuhler , Tommie Frazier , and Aaron Taylor . Glover , the oldest of the six , was the only Cornhusker defensive player selected . Following his collegiate career , he was selected by the New York Giants in the third round of the 1973 NFL Draft , the 69th pick overall . He played with the Giants ( along with fellow Husker and Outland winner Larry Jacobson ) for one season before joining the Shreveport Steamers of the World Football League in 1974 . He then joined the Philadelphia Eagles in 1975 before injuries ended his NFL career . He went on to become a teacher and coach in the public school system of San José , California . In 2004 he was part of the New Mexico State football coaching staff . He is currently the head coach at William L . Dickinson High School in Jersey City , New Jersey . < br > Glover is a graduate of Snyder High School in Jersey City .