| No. 30, 44 | |
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| Position: | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 23, 1938 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
| 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 (AFL) 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. Schwedes was also a territorial pick of the Boston Patriots in 1960. 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] Schwedes' son Scott also played football at Syracuse and later in the NFL.[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.
{{cite web}}: 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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