When drafted by Denver Broncos, Randy Gradishar didn’t know dad was born in Pueblo
On NFL draft day 1974, the Denver Broncos selected Ohio State linebacker Randy Gradishar as the 14th pick of the first round.
“It was an exciting, fun thing for me,” Gradishar says. “I was talking to my mom and dad and I told them, ‘I don’t even know where Colorado is.'”
His dad knew.
Jim Gradishar had been born in Pueblo.
“He had never told me that,” Gradishar says. “I was 21 years old, and I didn’t even know where my father was from. I had roots in Colorado for a long time.”