{{Short description|American football player (1938–2025)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Jerry Stalcup | number = 60, 62 | position = Linebacker | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|11|19}} | birth_place = Rockford, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|10|19|1938|11|19}} | death_place = Rockford, Illinois, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 240 | high_school = Rockford East | college = Wisconsin | draftyear = 1960 | draftround = 6 | draftpick = 62 | afldraftyear = 1960 | afldraftround = 1 | pastteams = * Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1960}}) * Denver Broncos (1961–1962) | highlights = * 2× Second-team All-American (1958, 1959) * 2× First-team All-Big Ten (1958, 1959) | statleague = NFL/AFL | statlabel1 = Interceptions | statvalue1 = 1 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 3.0 | pfr = StalJe20 }}

'''Gerald Newell Stalcup'''<ref name="pfref">{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StalJe20.htm|title=Jerry Stalcup|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=2011-01-23}}</ref> (November 19, 1938 – October 19, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers. Stalcup was selected in the sixth round of the 1960 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams and played that season with the team.<ref name="pfref"/> He was later drafted in the 1961 NFL expansion draft by the Minnesota Vikings, but instead went on to play two seasons with the Denver Broncos in the AFL. In 1965, he returned to his high school in Rockford to serve as the defensive coordinator. In 1974, he and head Coach Robert Pellant led Rockford East to a state championship in the first year the high school football playoffs were held in Illinois.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rrstar.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2020/07/25/rockfordrsquos-greatest-football-players-no-14-jerry-stalcuprsquos-football-impact-felt-by-many/42783483/|title=Rockford's greatest football players No. 14: Jerry Stalcup's football impact felt by many|first=Alex|last=Gary|publisher=Rockford Register Star|date=July 25, 2020|access-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref>

Stalcup died on October 19, 2025, at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Stalcup |url=https://www.olsonfh.com/obituaries/Jerry-Stalcup?obId=45958071 |access-date=October 20, 2025 |website=Olson Funeral Home}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stalcup, Jerry}} Category:1938 births Category:2025 deaths Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:Players of American football from Rockford, Illinois Category:Los Angeles Rams players Category:Denver Broncos (AFL) players Category:American football linebackers Category:Wisconsin Badgers football players

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