Bob Paffrath

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1918–2005)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use American English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Bob Paffrath | number = 61, 68, 59, 64, 38, 85 | position = Back | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|7|3|mf=y}} | birth_place = Mankato, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|5|21|1918|7|3|mf=y}} | death_place = Beaverton, Oregon, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 190 | high_school = Redwood Valley <br> (Redwood Falls, Minnesota) | college = Minnesota (1937-1940) | draftyear = 1941 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 21 | pastteams = * Brooklyn Dodgers (1946) * Miami Seahawks (1946) * Toronto Indians (1947) * Ottawa Rough Riders (1948-1949) * Edmonton Eskimos (1950-1952) | highlights = * Imperial Oil Trophy (1947) * 5× CFL All-Star (1947-1951) * National champion (1940) | statleague = AAFC | statlabel1 = Rushing yards | statvalue1 = 100 | statlabel2 = Rushing average | statvalue2 = 3.2 | statlabel3 = Touchdowns | statvalue3 = 2 | pfr = PaffBo20 }}

'''Robert William Paffrath<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Paffrath Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PaffBo20.htm |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>''' (July 3, 1918 – May 21, 2005) was an American professional football player who was a halfback. He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 1941 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1941 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1941/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

He took time away from football to serve in the US Army Air Forces during World War II, where he was a private first class - though he played football while in the Army too.

He played for the Miami Seahawks and the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, and for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/bobpaffrath/2522654/profile|title=Bob Paffrath|publisher=National Football League|accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref> Paffrath also played one year in the Ontario Rugby Football Union with the Toronto Indians, where he was MVP.

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