Jay Walter Hilgenberg is a former American football

American football

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 player in the NFL

National Football League

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. He played center

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 for the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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, Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns

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 and the New Orleans Saints

New Orleans Saints

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 from 1981 to 1993.

Football career

Hilgenberg attended the University of Iowa

University of Iowa

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 in the late 1970s. He started in the NFL's Pro Bowl

Pro Bowl

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 seven times. He was a member of the winning team in Super Bowl XX

Super Bowl XX

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 as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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as well as their Division Champion teams from 1984–88 and 1990.

He has been a nominee for induction onto the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jay is currently a game analyst for WBBM-AM Radio in Chicago and the Bears Radio Network.