Robert Schloredt was an American football quarterback in the NCAA Division I and CFL and coaching in both the NCAA and World Football League.
10 Facts About Bob Schloredt
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Bob Schloredt was born in Deadwood, South Dakota in 1939 and attended Gresham High School in suburban Portland.
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Bob Schloredt was blinded in his left eye from a fireworks injury suffered at the age of five.
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Bob Schloredt played quarterback and defensive back for the Washington Huskies from 1958 to 1960.
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In 1959, Bob Schloredt earned Associated Press first-team All-America honors as a quarterback while leading the Huskies with six interceptions that season.
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Bob Schloredt was drafted in the 1961 CFL Draft by the British Columbia Lions and in the 1961 American Football League draft by the Dallas Texans.
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Bob Schloredt joined The Hawaiians of the WFL which later folded mid-season.
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Bob Schloredt named the Most Valuable Player of the 1960 and 1961 Rose Bowl games.
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Bob Schloredt was the first two-time recipient, later joined by Charles White, Ron Dayne, and Vince Young.
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Bob Schloredt was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1991.