Raymond Vincent Buivid (August 15, 1915 – July 5, 1972) was anAmerican football player who playedquarterback in theNational Football League (NFL) for theChicago Bears.[1]
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| Position: | Quarterback Halfback | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1915-08-15)August 15, 1915 Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | July 5, 1972(1972-07-05) (aged 56) Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Port Washington (WI) | ||||||||
| College: | Marquette | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1937: 1st round, 3rd pick | ||||||||
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A versatile player, Buivid played quarterback, halfback, and defensive back for the Marquette Golden Avalanche football team. He threw 13 touchdowns his junior year (1935). In1936, he finished third in the voting for theHeisman Trophy.[2] He was a consensusAll-American as ahalfback, though he completed over 50% of his passes as quarterback as well. Marquette finished 20th in the country, and played in their first ever bowl game, the firstCotton Bowl Classic.[3] They lost 16–6 toTCU led bySammy Baugh.
Buivid was drafted in the first round with the third overall pick in the 1937 NFL Draft.[4][5] He is the highest drafted player out of Marquette.[6] Buivid signed with theChicago Bears on October 11, 1937, after missing the first three games of the season.[7] In the season finale against the cross-town rivalChicago Cardinals, he became the first player to throw five touchdowns in a single game, and also caught one.[8] Despite this performance, he appeared in just six games that season, all behind starting quarterbackBernie Masterson, attempting just 35 passes. The 9–1 Bears won the Western division, and played in the1937 NFL Championship Game against theWashington Redskins, led by fellow rookieSammy Baugh (who was drafted after Buivid, despite defeating him in the Cotton Bowl). Buivid was just 3 for 12 passing and 3 for -6 yards rushing with three turnovers, including a muffed punt late in the fourth quarter to seal the defeat.[9]
The next season, he appeared in 11 games but attempted just 48 passes for 295 yards, along with 32 rushes for 65 yards.[10] He retired after just two seasons at age 23 to serve inWorld War II as a lieutenant in the navy.[11][12]
Career statistics
edit| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | ||
| 1937 | CHI | 6 | 0 | 17 | 35 | 205 | 6 | 2 | 82.7 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 1938 | CHI | 11 | 6 | 17 | 48 | 295 | 5 | 2 | 74.6 | 32 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Career | 17 | 6 | 34 | 83 | 500 | 11 | 4 | 80.8 | 51 | 89 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | |
References
edit- ^"Ray Buivid Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College".Pro Football Reference. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2024.
- ^"1936 Heisman Trophy Voting".Sports Reference. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2024.
- ^"Raymond Buivid (1974) - Marquette 'M Club' Hall of Fame".Marquette University Athletics. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2024.
- ^"1937 NFL Draft Listing".Pro Football Reference. RetrievedMarch 21, 2023.
- ^Radcliffe, JR (April 24, 2018)."Here's a list of Wisconsin high school players selected in the NFL draft since 1990, plus a look at earlier notables".Journal Sentinel. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2024.
- ^"Marquette Drafted Players/Alumni".Pro Football Reference. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2024.
- ^"Ray Buivid to Join Bears for Cardinals Game".Chicago Tribune. October 12, 1937. Archived fromthe original on February 2, 2017.
- ^Jasner, Andy (November 22, 2015)."Bucs' Winston enters record books with 5 TDs".ESPN.com. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2024.
- ^Page, Joseph S. (January 10, 2014).Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl: A Year-by-Year History, 1926-1965. McFarland. pp. 41–44.ISBN 9780786457854 – via Google Books.
- ^"Ray Buivid 1938 Game Log".Pro Football Reference. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2024.
- ^Anton, Todd; Nowlin, Bill (November 15, 2013).When Football Went to War. Triumph Books. p. 243.ISBN 9781600788451 – via Google Books.
- ^"Death Takes All-American". Arizona Republic. July 7, 1972.
External links
edit- Career statistics fromPro Football Reference
- Marquette Hall of Fame bio
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