Defensive Tackle
No. 73
Temple
"Truck-driving tackle. A one-man convoy on the pass rush. From out of the blue, better yet the interstate, Klecko arrived in the Jets' camp two years ago, a sixth-round pick from Temple. He immediately led the team in sacks with eight.
Born October 15, 1953, in Chester, Pa., he's quite a character. He drove a truck for two years out of high school. Temple's equipment man saw Klecko playing sandlot football and convinced the school to offer him a scholarship. He once sparred with Joe Frazier. 'One of his punches was enough to convince me not to become a professional boxer,' he recalls.
Klecko has been a drag racer, too. Now a truck broker in the off-season, he knows all the good truck stops in the East."
-Dave Newhouse, The Complete Handbook of Pro Football (1979 Edition)
"Joe has great speed and quickness for a defensive down lineman and changes directions very well. He plays with a great deal of enthusiasm and has improved with added experience.
As a rookie with the Jets in 1977, he had a hand in at least one quarterback sack in each of his starts. He had eight sacks for the Jets in the final six games of 1977.
Joe has been a drag racer."
-1979 Topps No. 101
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