No. 81
Arnold
"As a rookie on the team that boats two such outstanding ends as Elroy Hirsch and Tom Fears, Andy saw little action in the 1951 campaign.
He is a 1951 graduate of Arnold College in Milford, Connecticut, where he played end and captained the team in his senior year. His outstanding performance led him to be chosen for the Little All-American, All-State, All-Northeast and All-East teams. Andy also played baseball for four years and participated in three sports while in high school.
Andy served 29 months in the Navy and saw action in Okinawa. In the off-season he is a salesman whose hobby is sports."
-1952 Bowman No. 85
"L.A.'s regular defensive right end for the past four years, Andy was voted by the Ram Fan Club as the team's top lineman for the 1953 season. He was also selected for the 1954 Pro Bowl.
Andy lettered at little Arnold (Conn.) College, 1948-49-50, and was named Little All-American and All-New England in his junior and senior years. He was the Rams' 19th draft choice in 1951.
He runs a sporting good store in Cos Cob, Connecticut, in the off-season."
-1955 Bowman No. 121
"Just as the training season opened, the Giants completed an important trade with the Los Angeles Rams which brings this popular Stamford, Connecticut, boy to his 'home' city. Andy has been a regular defensive end for the Rams for five seasons and an All-Pro in the bargain. He is expected to man a defensive wing for the Giants and apply the pressure for which is noted on opposing passers."
-1956 Jay Publishing
"After five seasons with the Rams, Robustelli joined the Giants in a trade during training camp last year. He immediately became a standout on defense and a crowd favorite. He blocked kicks, recovered fumbles and threw passers for losses all season long. Against the Browns in Cleveland, he downed quarterback George Ratterman six times for minus 60 yards to make victory (21-9) possible for New York.
Robustelli is married and has four children. He has two sporting goods stores in the Stamford, Connecticut, area."
-1957 Jay Publishing
"To add more muscle to their defensive wall, the Giants made a trade with the Rams that brought Andy to New York last season. He lived up to expectations- and then some- by placing on the All-Pro team. He was also one of the seven Giants chosen for last year's Pro Bowl.
Andy is one of the toughest men to block out of a play and he spends a good deal of his time in the enemy backfield. His forte is rushing enemy passers."
-1957 Topps No. 71
"Andy Robustelli (81) became a Giant last year after five seasons of stellar service with the Rams. There's no more destructive end in football than this 230-pound wrecker who played his college ball for little Arnold College in Milford. He specializes in blocking kicks, rushing passers and recovering fumbles.
Andy, his wife and their four children live in Stamford, Conn."
-1957 New York Giants Official Program (Yankee Stadium)
"Andy Robustelli, Giant end, was an All-Pro with the Los Angeles Rams, for whom he was a starter for four seasons. Andy was obtained in a trade last summer. He applies great pressure on passers."
-1957 Chicago Bears Official Program
"Since coming to the Giants from Los Angeles, Andy has given the New Yorkers one of the strongest defenses in the National Football League. An All-Pro who really knows his way around, Andy watches for short passes and end runs, sometimes managing to bat an aerial down. When the defensive setup calls for a rush at the passer, he can crash through."
-1958 Topps No. 15
"Andy has been a star, first with the Los Angeles Rams, now with the Giants. This great defensive end is a familiar name on the All-Pro team.
He played at Arnold College and lives in Stamford, Connecticut, where he runs a sporting goods store and is kept busy with his five children."
-Pro Football Handbook 1959
"As good as Gino Marchetti is, there is a paisan right behind him- Andy Robustelli, of the New York Giants. Andy's only lesser distinction might be that he is three inches shorter and 10 pounds lighter than Gino. Andy, an eight-year veteran, plays with slashing efficiency. He has a curious straddling gait, but he goes at ball carriers and blockers with a deadly finesse, dispatches them neatly to the ground and quickly leaps up to return to position, ready to knock someone else down. He's a leader by example and an inspiration to a defensive Giant line, which last season was nothing but inspired every Sunday.
Andy's story has another similarity to Marchetti's- thoughts on retirement. The Rams, who had him first, began to wonder in 1956 if he weren't over the hill; Andy, for his part, figured he might call it a career if he couldn't play closer to his Stamford, Connecticut hearth. Result: a trade to the Giants. Everyone discovered Robustelli wasn't over the hill; in fact, he was climbing faster than ever.
Jim Howell, his Giant coach, likes to say, 'He doesn't look like much in the exhibition season. But when the games start to count, Andy is the man who comes through for you.'"
-Murray Olderman, Sports All-Stars 1959 Pro Football
"Andy's favorite activity is smearing enemy passers. He darts in, brushing aside blockers and nails his man with amazing frequency. At diagnosing an opponent's play, he is an expert."
-1959 Topps No. 147
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