Bob Swisher

**Bob Swisher**
Date of birth:	July 14, 1914
Place of birth:	Victoria, Illinois
Date of death:	1979 (aged 64–65)
Career information
Position(s):	Running back
College:	Northwestern University
Organizations
	As player:
1938-1941, 1945	Chicago Bears
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Bob Swisher was a professional American football player who played running back for five seasons for the Chicago Bears.

He was born in 1914 in Victoria, Illinois.^[1] By 1931 he was at Central High School in Peoria, where he participated in football, basketball, and track; his pole vault remained the record at Central until 1970. He then played football and track at Evanston's Northwestern University.^[2]

After his time in the NFL, he coached at Loyola University of Los Angeles and the Naval Air Station in Millington, Tennessee.^[2]

He died in 1979.^[2]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Bob Swisher". DatabaseFootball. Madison, Wisconsin: Roto Sports, Inc.. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SWISHBOB01. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "Bob Swisher". Peoria, Illinois: Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame. 2011-01-25. http://www.gpshof.org/Inductees/swisher.html. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

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[dbf-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Bob Swisher". DatabaseFootball. Madison, Wisconsin: Roto Sports, Inc.. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SWISHBOB01. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

[gpshof-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "Bob Swisher". Peoria, Illinois: Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame. 2011-01-25. http://www.gpshof.org/Inductees/swisher.html. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

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Career information
Date of birth:	(1914-07-14)July 14, 1914^[1]
Place of birth:	Victoria, Illinois^[1]
Date of death:	1979 (aged 64–65)^[2]
Position(s):	Running back

College:	Northwestern University
Organizations
As player:
1938-1941, 1945	Chicago Bears
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Persondata
Name	Swisher, Bob
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	1914-07-14
Place of birth	Victoria, Illinois
Date of death	1979
Place of death	Peoria, Illinois

Bob Swisher

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