Gerhard Schwedes was a German-American professional football halfback who played two seasons in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots and the New York Titans. Born on 23 April 1938 in Freiburg im Breisgau and raised in Ulm, he moved to the United States at the age of twelve and played high school football in Flemington, New Jersey. At Syracuse University he was a team captain in 1959, earned first-team All-Eastern honours and helped the Orangemen beat Texas in the 1960 Cotton Bowl Classic. Boston chose him in the AFL's inaugural 1960 draft, which made him the first draft pick in Patriots franchise history. He died at his home in Fayetteville, New York, on 23 August 2026, aged 88.
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