Mirro Roder
| Date of birth | January 22, 1944 |
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| Place of birth | Olomouc, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic) |
| Date of death | July 9, 2021 (aged 77) |
| Place of death | Czech Republic |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | K |
| US college | None |
| NFL draft | 1972 / round: |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1972–1974 | Chicago Bears |
| 1976 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
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Mirro Roder (January 22, 1944 – July 9, 2021) was a American football placekicker who played three seasons in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the Chicago Bears, and two games for the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976 and missed all three field goals that he attempted with them. He was the first Czechoslovakian-born player in the NFL (the town in which he was born is now part of the modern-day Czech Republic). Original name Miroslav Rödr.
Mirro's daughter lives in the same Riverside, IL home he bought when he kicked for the Bears. After retiring he moved back to Czechoslovakia and got remarried. He passed away on July 9, 2021 at 77.
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