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1938-1941, 1945
  
Chicago Bears

Positions
  
Running back

Name
  
Bob Swisher

Date of death
  
1979

Role
  
American football player


Date of birth
  
(1914-07-14)July 14, 1914

College
  
Northwestern University

Place of birth
  
Victoria, Illinois

Education
  
Northwestern University

Bob Swisher (July 14, 1914 – 1979) was a professional American football player who played running back for five seasons for the Chicago Bears.

He was born in 1914 in Victoria, Illinois. By 1931 he was at Central High School in Peoria, where he participated in football, basketball, and track; his pole vault remained the record at Central until 1970. He then played football and track at Evanston's Northwestern University.

After his time in the NFL, he coached at Loyola University of Los Angeles and the Naval Air Station in Millington, Tennessee.

He died in 1979.

References

Bob Swisher Wikipedia