1. William Harold Lund was an American professional football player who was a halfback for two seasons for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference.
23 Facts About Bill Lund
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Bill Lund grew up in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and went to the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Bill Lund was a star on his college football, basketball and track teams.
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Bill Lund was a triple threat man in football, playing halfback and fullback.
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Bill Lund won the US amateur championship in 1944 in the long jump.
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Bill Lund signed instead to play for the Browns, a team under formation in the new AAFC.
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Bill Lund elected to leave professional football to work as an engineer.
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Bill Lund was later an assistant coach at Case, his alma mater.
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Bill Lund grew up in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and played football briefly in high school.
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Bill Lund graduated and attended the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio starting in 1942, playing on the school's football, basketball and track teams.
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Bill Lund joined the US Navy during World War II, but was allowed to stay at Case and study engineering as part of the Navy's V-12 training program.
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Bill Lund set school records in the long jump, with 23 feet and 7 inches, and the 100-yard dash, with a time of 9.7 seconds.
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Bill Lund was selected by the National Football League's Cleveland Rams with the 147th pick in the 1945 NFL draft.
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Bill Lund was still in the military in 1945 stationed at a base in San Diego, California and playing for the Fleet City Blue Jackets, a service team in San Diego.
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Bill Lund got off to a strong start playing alongside fullback Marion Motley, the team's primary running threat.
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Bill Lund suffered an ankle injury later in the season as the Browns went on to win the 1946 AAFC championship.
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Bill Lund got married in May 1947 to Nancy Ann Faris of Lorain, Ohio.
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Bill Lund was introduced to his wife, a nurse, by teammate Robert Kolesar, who practiced medicine in the offseason.
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Bill Lund worked as an engineer in the offseason at Thompson Products, an aerospace and automotive conglomerate based in Euclid, Ohio.
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Bill Lund missed three games and returned in October 1947.
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Bill Lund did not play for the Rockets quitting professional football to take a job as an engineer.
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Bill Lund later worked at Howmet Corporation in New Jersey and Cleveland's Sherwood Refractory.
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Bill Lund was a cousin of Pug Bill Lund, a star at the University of Minnesota who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.