Tim krumrie biography
Timothy Alan Krumrie is an American former football nose tackle who played his entire 12-year for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League, from 1983 through 1994.
Timothy Alan Krumrie (born May 20, 1960) is an American former football nose tackle who played his entire 12-year for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL), from 1983 through 1994.!
Bengals Tim Krumrie, the heart of the defense
A 10th-round draft pick in the famous draft, the 6-foot, 2-inch, pound nose tackle became a full-time starter for the Bengals when Dick LeBeau was installed as Sam Wyche’s defensive coordinator in He missed just four games in his year career, all in , and was an anchor in the middle.
In the Super Bowl season of , Krumrie was credited with an astonishing tackles in earning an All-Pro nod.
He broke his leg early in Super Bowl XXIII, and famously refused to leave the stadium despite suffering two severe fractures.
"When we went out on that field it was like if you would go to the beach with a big piece of carpet and lay it on the beach and then try to walk on the carpet.
That's how that field was," Bengals offensive coordinator Bruce Coslet said. "And that's how Tim Krumrie broke his damn leg.
Position Defensive Tackle.That was devastating.
"He was our stud lineman that we had at that time. He was pretty good."
Unbelievably, he was back on the field for We