- Father of Bradlee Van Pelt.
- New York Giants linebacker who played in 5 Pro Bowls.
- Linebacker with the New York Giants (1973-1983), Los Angeles Raiders (1984-1985), and Cleveland Brown (1986).
- Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.
- New York Giants second-round draft choice out of Michigan State in 1973. Inducted into the Michigan State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.
- Son Bradlee was a QB for the Denver Broncos (2005) and the Houston Texans (2006).
- Van Pelt wore jersey number 10 throughout his career with the Giants. Van Pelt had signed with the Giants as a punter and was assigned number 10. He converted to linebacker, and was able to keep his number, even though the league had instituted a uniform numeral system, which at the time, stated that linebackers could only wear numbers 50-79 or 90-99.
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