databasefootball aflallstar years birth_place teams article_title fontcolor position honors birth_date pfr college jersey
rutkoed01 1965 1963-1968 kingston , pennsylvania '' ` afl '' ' buffalo bills ed rutkowski
 red wide receiver quarterback '' league champion 1965 '' ' ` american football league champion 1964 american football 21 march 1941 rutked00 notre dame '' '' ' ' 46 '' ' and '' ' 40
ed rutkowski

edward john anthony rutkowski -lrb- born march 21 , 1941 -rrb- is a former american football player , and a former politician in buffalo , new york .
rutkowksi was a noted college and professional american football player .
a wide receiver , he was an american football league all-star in 1965 , playing for the afl 's buffalo bills as a receiver , defensive back , punt and kickoff return man and backup quarterback from 1963 to 1968 .
in a famous topps football card mixup , rutkowski was shown on two buffalo bills ' football cards , his own , and mistakenly on the card for ray abruzzese .
rutkowski closed out his pro football career by playing seven games as a backup quarterback with the montreal alouettes of the canadian football league in 1969 .
from 1972-78 and again in 1990 , rutkowski served as a color commentator on the bills ' radio broadcasts .
in 1979 , he became the county executive of erie county , new york , succeeeding edward regan , who stepped down to become new york state comptroller .
rutkowski was elected to full terms in 1979 and 1983 , following his one year unexpired term , for a total of nine years in office .
in 1987 , rutkowski was defeated for reelection by assemblyman dennis gorski , who , in his election campaign , claimed that rutkowski had mismanaged county finances and spent the county into a deficit .
in 1995 , rutkowski was appointed by governor george pataki as deputy commissioner of the new york state office of parks , recreation and historic preservation .
in this post , he was charge of all state parks and recreations operations in western new york , including niagara falls .
he held the post for 12 years , until pataki left office .
he was the second quarterback from the bills to enter politics ; the first was his teammate jack kemp .
incidentally , both were republicans .
