He has been inducted into both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame, was a founder and the first president of the NFL Alumni Association, and was the third player to receive the Order of the Leather Helmet.

[1] According to Wojciechowicz, he began playing organized football in 1929 as a freshman at South River High School — beginning as a center and never moving away from the position over the subsequent two decades.

[2] Wojciechowicz recalled that his real love as a boy was baseball, playing catcher and batting cleanup for his successful high school squad.

[3] However Wojciechowicz sought a college education and saw football as his natural path to academic possibilities and he consequently shifted his focus to the fall sport.

[5][6] The undefeated 1937 Fordham team, with Wojciechowicz at center, compiled a 7–0–1 record, was ranked #3 in the final AP Poll, and gave up only 16 points all season.

"[11] In October 1946, after the Lions lost their season opener, Detroit coach Gus Dorais released four linemen, including Wojciechowicz.

[17] He was considered past his prime when he joined the Eagles, but head coach Greasy Neale used him principally as a linebacker, and he responded with quality defensive play.

[18] Teammate Jack Hinkle called Wojciechowicz the "toughest guy" on the Eagles' championship teams and added, "He looked like a big, shaggy dog.

[5][20][21] For many years after retiring from the NFL, Wojciechowicz lived in Wanamassa, New Jersey, and worked as a real estate appraiser and broker.

[9][22] Wojciechowicz was also one of the founders of the NFL Alumni Association, established to negotiate with the owners for the creation of a pension plan to benefit the game's early players, and was elected as its president in 1968.