Bob Swenson

Sacks:	7.5
Fumble recoveries:	9
Interceptions:	11
Defensive TDs:	1
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Bob Swenson
No. 51
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	July 1, 1953 (age 71); 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:
Sacks:	7.5
Fumble recoveries:	9
Interceptions:	11
Defensive TDs:	1
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bob Swenson". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
^ Jenkins, Dan (January 23, 1978). "Doomsday in the Dome". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on February 7, 2013.

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[:0-1] "Bob Swenson". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2023.

[2] Jenkins, Dan (January 23, 1978). "Doomsday in the Dome". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on February 7, 2013.

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