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| Positions | Center Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born | (1915-02-07)February 7, 1915 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | August 6, 1996(1996-08-06) (aged 81) Edina, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Marshall-University (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | ||||||||
| College | Minnesota | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1937: 4th round, 39th overall pick | ||||||||
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Earl Gilbert "Bud"Svendsen (February 7, 1915 – August 6, 1996) was an American professionalfootball player who was acenter andlinebacker for six seasons with theGreen Bay Packers and theBrooklyn Dodgers of theNational Football League (NFL). He was inducted into theGreen Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1985.
Drafted in the fourth round by the Packers in 1937, Bud Svendsen joined his brother,George Svendsen, in Green Bay that year.[1] In 1938, he left to coach Northeast Missouri State College (nowTruman State University) in Kirksville for a season. The 6’1”, 195-pound Svendsen, a center and linebacker, returned to play in the1939 season including the'39 championship victory over theNew York Giants. He was inducted into theGreen Bay Packers Hall of Fame.[2]
Svendsen, a University of Minnesota star, scored a touchdown against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1939 and picked off aLen Barnum pass in the ‘39 championship game, played at State Fair Park in Milwaukee.[3]
After his playing career ended, he worked as an assistant coach at theUniversity of Minnesota,University of Connecticut,Lafayette College, andNorthwestern University. He also served as the head coach atHamilton College from 1946 to 1948.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Kirksville Bulldogs(Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1938) | |||||||||
| 1938 | Kirksville | 3–5 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| Kirksville: | 3–5 | 2–3 | |||||||
| Hamilton Continentals(Independent)(1946–1948) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Hamilton | 2–2 | |||||||
| 1947 | Hamilton | 1–6 | |||||||
| 1948 | Hamilton | 2–5 | |||||||
| Hamilton: | 5–13 | ||||||||
| Total: | 8–18 | ||||||||