- Bob Swenson
NFL player
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1953|7|1
Birthplace=Stockton, CA
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Position=Linebacker
College=Cal
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DatabaseFootball=SWENSBOB01
PFR=SwenBo00
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years=1975-1979
1981-1983
teams=Denver Broncos
ProBowls=1981
HOF=Robert Charles Swenson (born
July 1 ,1953 , inStockton, California ) playedcollege football for the University of California. He joined theNational Football League in 1975 as anundrafted free agent and played professional football as alinebacker for theDenver Broncos . Commenting on the draft for "Sports Illustrated " in 1978, Swenson said that "The draft is bull,... The scouts for most of the teams are 100 years old, and most of them don't know what they're doing. I went to school at Berkeley, and most of the NFL scouts think the students are still rioting in the streets out there. They didn't want to look at me." [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/features/superbowl/archives/12/ 1]Swenson's career spanned eight seasons, from 1975 through 1983. Swenson missed the 1980 season due to an injury. Swenson was part of the famed
Orange Crush Defense that propelled the Broncos toSuper Bowl XII in 1978. He was elected to thePro Bowl after the 1981 season.External links
* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/SwenBo00.htm pro-football-reference.com Bob Swenson]
* [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SWENSBOB01 Football database - Bob Swenson]
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