Gerhard Schwedes

Gerhard Schwedes
No. 30, 44
Position:	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	April 23, 1938 (age 86); 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
	New York Titans (1960); Boston Patriots (1960–1961);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

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. 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.