John Carl Rudnay (born November 20, 1947) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 13-year career as a center for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).
Rudnay graduated in 1965 from Kenston High School[1] in Geauga County southeast of Cleveland.
[2] A fourth-round draft choice in 1969 for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, Rudnay missed the Chiefs' championship season as a result of a back injury suffered in the College All-Star Game following his senior year at Northwestern, where he had played both center and defensive tackle.
Though drafted to an AFL team, he never played in an American Football League game, his first season being 1970, after the Chiefs joined the NFL.
He was the American Football Conference's starting center in the Pro Bowl following the 1973–1976 seasons.