(1953-07-01) July 1, 1953 (age 70) Stockton, California, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:
225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:
Tracy (Tracy, California)
College:
California
Undrafted:
1975
Career history
Denver Broncos (1975–1983)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pro (1981)
Pro Bowl (1981)
Second-team All-Pac-8 (1973)
Career NFL statistics
Sacks:
7.5
Fumble recoveries:
9
Interceptions:
11
Defensive TDs:
1
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
Robert Charles Swenson (born July 1, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears. He joined the NFL in 1975 as an undrafted free agent and played the Broncos.[1] Commenting on the draft for Sports Illustrated in 1978, Swenson said that "The draft is bull,... The scouts for most of the teams are 100 years old, and most of them don't know what they're doing. I went to school at Berkeley, and most of the NFL scouts think the students are still rioting in the streets out there. They didn't want to look at me."[2]
Swenson's career spanned eight seasons, from 1975 through 1983, though he missed the 1980 season due to an injury.[1] He was part of the famed Orange Crush Defense that propelled the Broncos to Super Bowl XII in January 1978, at the end of the 1977 season.[citation needed] He was elected to the Pro Bowl after the 1981 season.[1]
^ abc"Bob Swenson". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
^Jenkins, Dan (1978-01-23). "Doomsday in the Dome". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2013-02-07.
[citation needed] He was elected to the Pro Bowl after the 1981 season. "BobSwenson". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24...
competition. In 2015, Swenson and her 1984 teammates were inducted into the U.S. Biathlon Hall of Fame. In 1970, Swenson's father, Bob, former head of the...
selection), Barney Chavous, Lyle Alzado, and Rubin Carter, linebackers BobSwenson and Joe Rizzo, and defensive backs Billy Thompson, Louis Wright, Steve...
Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded with the groups Bob Seger and the Last Heard and the Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s, breaking through with...
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trio of linebackers, Thomas Henderson (3 interceptions), D.D. Lewis, and Bob Breunig, who provided pass coverage and run stoppage. Dallas also had a secondary...
before they could get out of their own territory, Denver linebacker BobSwenson made a clutch interception and returned the ball 14 yards to the Oakland...
an American punk rock, hardcore punk and heavy metal band formed by Rod Swenson and Wendy O. Williams in New York City in 1977. They were a controversial...
Clock); Harold Hall (The Christian Home); Ken Boone (Music to Live By); BobSwenson (Transition); and Jerry Edinger (Nightwatch). Each local Family Radio...
best season. Miller took a team led by linebackers Randy Gradishar, BobSwenson, and Tom Jackson, cornerbacks Louis Wright and Bernard Jackson, safety...
television special written by Romeo Muller, directed by Charles Swenson, and produced by Swenson, Muller, and Fred Wolf. Starring the voices of Romeo Muller...
Gradishar 57 Tom Jackson 59 Mark Merrill 58 Rob Nairne 50 Jim Ryan 51 BobSwenson Defensive backs 43 Steve Foley CB 31 Mike Harden FS 22 Aaron Kyle CB...
this rating, as opposed to stars for the others.) Dave Marsh John Swenson Billy Altman Bob Blumenthal Georgia Christgau Jean-Charles Costa Chet Flippo Russell...
Gradishar 57 Tom Jackson 59 Mark Merrill 58 Rob Nairne 50 Jim Ryan 51 BobSwenson Defensive backs 43 Steve Foley CB 31 Mike Harden FS 22 Aaron Kyle CB...
Baska 56 Larry Evans 53 Randy Gradishar 57 Tom Jackson 59 Joe Rizzo 51 BobSwenson Defensive backs 43 Steve Foley CB 23 Chris Pane 21 Randy Poltl 36 Bill...
Linebackers 56 Larry Evans 53 Randy Gradishar 57 Tom Jackson 59 Joe Rizzo 51 BobSwenson Defensive backs 43 Steve Foley CB 29 Bernard Jackson FS 36 Bill Thompson...
Randy Gradishar 57 Tom Jackson 58 Rob Nairne 59 Joe Rizzo 50 Jim Ryan 51 BobSwenson Defensive backs 47 George Atkinson FS 29 Bernard Jackson FS 43 Steve...
the Wayback Machine "Clarence Swensen remembered". March 13, 2009. Banta, Bob (2009-02-26). "Former Munchkin dies at 91". Austin-American Statesman. Retrieved...
Bob Brookmeyer and Friends is a 1964 jazz album released on Columbia Records by valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer and featuring tenor saxophonist Stan Getz...
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