Dick Barwegan

Dick Barwegan

Barwegan from 1944 Purdue yearbook.
No. 31, 21, 61
Position:	Guard
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1921-12-25)December 25, 1921
Place of birth:	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death:
Place of death:	Baltimore, Maryland
Height:
Weight:
Career information
High school:	Chicago (IL) Fenger
College:	Purdue
NFL draft:	1945 / Round: 6 / Pick: 44
Career history
New York Yankees (1947) Baltimore Colts (1948–1949) Chicago Bears (1950–1952) Baltimore Colts (1953–1954) Ottawa Rough Riders (1955)
Career highlights and awards
4× Pro Bowl selection (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953) 4x First-Team All-Pro All-NFL/AAFC (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951) NFL 1950s All-Decade Team
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 92 Games started: 36 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Richard J. Barwegan (born December 25, 1921 – September 3, 1966) was an offensive lineman who played five seasons in the NFL. He was selected to four Pro Bowls during his career. He is one of only five members of the NFL 1950s All-Decade Team to not be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Career

Barwegan was drafted late in the 1945 NFL Draft by the Brooklyn Tigers, who soon merged with the Boston Yanks, though he never played a down with them, playing with the AAFC New York Yankees before playing for the first incarnation of the Baltimore Colts for two seasons, long enough for them to join the NFL. But Barwegen was traded by Abe Watner to the Bears for George Blanda, Bob Perina, Ernie Zalejski, Jimmy "Tank" Crawford, and Bob Jensen. After three seasons with the Bears, he played with the new incarnation of the Baltimore Colts in their first season and went to his fourth straight Pro Bowl, his last. After one more season with the Colts, he left to play with the Ottawa Rough Riders, before retiring. Barwegan was 2nd Team AAFC All Pro in 1947, consensus 1st Team AAFC All Pro in 1948 and 1949, consensus 1st Team NFL All Pro in 1950 and 1951, and 2nd Team NFL All Pro in 1952.