Gerhard Schwedes
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Position: | Halfback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | April 23, 1938
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Hunterdon Central Regional (Flemington, New Jersey) |
College: | Syracuse |
NFL Draft: | 1960 / Round: 4 / Pick: 47 |
AFL Draft: | 1960 / Round: 1 Pick: territorial (by the Boston Patriots) |
Career history | |
Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Gerhard H. Schwedes (born April 23, 1938) is a former American football halfback who played two seasons in the American Football League with the Boston Patriots and New York Titans.[1] He was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the fourth round of the 1960 NFL Draft. He was also a territorial pick of the Boston Patriots in 1960 American Football League draft. He played college football at Syracuse University, which he helped to a victory in the 1960 Cotton Bowl Classic, and attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, New Jersey.[2][3][4] His son Scott Schwedes also played football at Syracuse and later the National Football League.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Gerhard H. Schwedes". oldestlivingprofootball.com. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "GER SCHWEDES". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "German-Bred Schwedes Is An All-American Boy". Times Daily. December 27, 1959. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ "Syracuse 23, Texas 14" (PDF). media.attcottonbowl.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Litsky, Frank (April 27, 1987). "Fathers and Sons: A New Generation". New York Times. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
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Categories:
- 1938 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Freiburg im Breisgau
- German players of American football
- American football halfbacks
- Hunterdon Central Regional High School alumni
- Syracuse Orange football players
- New York Titans (AFL) players
- Boston Patriots players
- American Football League players
- German emigrants to the United States