1. Bud Schwenk was traded after the 1946 season, landing with the expansion Baltimore Colts, for whom he was the team's first starting quarterback.
20 Facts About Bud Schwenk
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The 1947 season was his best year as a player, with Bud Schwenk setting a professional football record for passing attempts.
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Bud Schwenk was inducted into the Washington University sports hall of fame in 1991.
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Bud Schwenk was a native of St Louis, Missouri and attended the city's Beaumont High School.
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Bud Schwenk played for the Washington University Bears football team, starting as a junior in 1940.
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Bud Schwenk set a college football record the following year by running and passing for a combined 516 yards in a single game.
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Bud Schwenk surpassed a three-year-old college record for completed passes in a season later in the year, with 114.
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Bud Schwenk passed and ran for a total of 1,628 yards.
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Bud Schwenk was recruited by professional football teams and was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League at the end of 1941.
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Bud Schwenk broke the NFL record for most passes completed in his first season, although the Philadelphia Eagles' Davey O'Brien broke the record and beat him with 146.
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Bud Schwenk did not play between 1943 and 1945 as he served as the captain of a PT boat in the US Navy during the war.
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Limited by an ankle injury, Bud Schwenk played sparingly for the Browns in the 1946 season, substituting on occasion for quarterback Otto Graham.
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Bud Schwenk was traded to the Buffalo Bills for fullback Jim Thibaut early in 1947.
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Bud Schwenk started at quarterback in the first regular season game in Baltimore Colts franchise history.
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In November, Bud Schwenk bested his own professional football record, set while with the Cardinals in 1942, of 295 passing attempts in a season.
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Bud Schwenk played for the Yankees in 1948 before leaving professional football.
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Bud Schwenk began work in 1950 as the chief operating officer of the Mississippi Valley branch of Junior Achievement, a non-profit that prepares young people for the workforce.
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Bud Schwenk engaged in civic organizations in St Louis, and was on the board of the city's Better Business Bureau.
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Bud Schwenk was 63 years old at the time of his death.
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Bud Schwenk was inducted into the Washington University Sports Hall of Fame in 1991, and his number 42 jersey is the only one retired by the Washington Bears.