Gerhard Schwedes

Gerhard Schwedes
No. 30, 44
Position: Halfback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1938-04-23) April 23, 1938
Place of birth: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 305 lb (138 kg)
Career information
High school: Flemington (NJ) Hunterdon Central
College: Syracuse
NFL draft: 1960 / Round: 4 / Pick: 47
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at 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 led 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

  1. ↑ "Gerhard H. Schwedes". oldestlivingprofootball.com. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ "GER SCHWEDES". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ "German-Bred Schwedes Is An All-American Boy". Times Daily. December 27, 1959. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Syracuse 23, Texas 14" (PDF). media.attcottonbowl.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ Litsky, Frank (April 27, 1987). "Fathers and Sons: A New Generation". New York Times. Retrieved August 29, 2014.

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