Paul Feldhausen
# Paul Feldhausen

Paul Elvie Feldhausen (born June 14, 1946, in Madison, Wisconsin.) is a former player in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots in 1968 as a tackle.

## Career

Feldhausen was a nine letterwinner and MVP of both the football and basketball teams at Iron Mountain High School in 1963-64. Feldhausen then attended Northland College in Wisconsin where he was two-time football captain and Little All-America lineman in 1966-67, eventually being inducted to the Northland Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. He also became the first recipient of the Voltaire Perkins award as Most Valuable Player for the Northland College football team.

Paul Feldhausen was drafted in the 11th round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft to the Boston Patriots. He played as a tackle for the team for three seasons, but only played in two games, both in the 1968 season. After three years with the Patriots, he suffered a back injury in a blocking dummy accident and subsequently had to retire from the league.

After retiring, he spent 40 years as a football and baseball official for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, and was the 1993 National Federation of State High School Associations Umpire of the Year.

