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Mirro Roder

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Mirro Roder
Born:(1944-01-22)January 22, 1944
Olomouc, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic)
Died:July 9, 2021(2021-07-09) (aged 77)
Czech Republic
Career information
Position(s)K
CollegeNone
NFL draft1972, round:
Career history
As player
1972–1974Chicago Bears
1976Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Career stats

Mirro Roder (January 22, 1944 – July 9, 2021) was an 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 died on July 9, 2021, at 77.

Preceded by Chicago Bears Kickers
1974
Succeeded by