German gridiron football player (born 1938)
American football player
Gerhard H. Schwedes (born April 23, 1938) is a German-American former professional football halfback who played two seasons in the American Football League (AFL) with the Boston Patriots and New York Titans .[ 1] He was selected 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. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. 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 }}
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^ Litsky, Frank (April 27, 1987). "Fathers and Sons: A New Generation" . New York Times . Retrieved August 29, 2014 .
External links
Formerly the Boston Patriots (1960–1970)