Rolf Benirschke
Rolf Benirschke was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States on February 7th, 1955 and is the Football Player. At the age of 69, Rolf Benirschke biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Rolf Joachim Benirschke (born February 7, 1955) is a former American football player in the National Football League.
Benirschke was a placekicker for the San Diego Chargers from 1978 to 1986. Following his release from football, Benirschke tried to find a career in television and Merv Griffin was hired by Merv Griffin to replace Pat Sajak as the host of the daytime game show Wheel of Fortune in 1989.
Life after football
After Pat Sajak left the daytime version of Wheel of Fortune to host Wheel of Fortune, Benirschke hosted the nighttime version of the game show Wheel of Fortune from January 10 to June 30, 1989; Sajak continued to host the eveningtime syndicated version. Bob Goen replaced Benirschke as host when the daytime version appeared on CBS. He hasn't been on television since, but he was one of the many participants in the E! On Wheels, the True Hollywood Story of Network Entertainment.
He founded and sold a financial services business, and he has been active in venture capital and development groups. He is the national spokesperson for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America and Hepatitis C awareness.
He published his book, Alive and Kicking, in November 1996. The first observation, not the first, was "It's not what you become, it's what you do."
He was also an endangered-animal activist who founded "Kicks for Critters," during and after his football career.
He now devotes a significant amount of his time to Legacy Health Strategies LHS, a design and marketing company that supports medical device and pharmaceutical firms by delivering patient-support and education programs tailored to specific disease regions.
Rolf appears at national sales meetings for major corporations and at health-related events around the country. UCSD Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, The American Liver Foundation, the National Center for Disease Control, Emdeon, Pacific Life, WOC Nurses, YPO groups, and many others are among his clients.Rolf Benirschke
He is married to Mary Michaletz, a former teacher; the couple has four children. He is involved in the San Diego, California area, volunteering his time with organizations such as the San Diego Zoo, United Way, the Chargers, the Boys & Girls Clubs of East County, and the San Diego Blood Bank. Every year, he is in charge of the Rolf Benirschke Legacy Golf Invitational, held at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California. The Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America are among those charities that have been donated.
Early career
Benirschke grew up in San Diego and attended La Jolla High School. Kurt Benirschke, a German immigrant, and the founding/director of the Center for Endangered Species at San Diego Zoo, where Rolf spent summers in high school and college.
Rolf Benirschke studied zoology at the University of California, Davis, where he competed in football under coach Jim Sochor. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 12th round of the 1977 NFL Draft and subsequently traded to the San Diego Chargers for his rookie season in the National Football League.
He had persistent fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea in the off-season, ahead of the 1978 season (his second season). He discovered that he had ulcerative colitis, which is a form of inflammatory bowel disease.