# Dick Barwegen

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{{Short description|American football player (1921–1966)}}
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{{Use American English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox gridiron football biography
| name        = Dick Barwegen
| image       = Dick Barwegan.jpg
| upright     = .85
| caption     = Barwegan from 1944 Purdue yearbook
| number      = 31, 21, 6, 26, 61, 41
| position    = [Guard](/source/Guard_(gridiron_football))
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1921|12|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago), U.S.
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1966|9|3|1921|12|25|mf=y}}
| death_place = [Baltimore, Maryland](/source/Baltimore), U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 1
| weight_lb   = 227
| high_school = [Fenger Academy](/source/Fenger_Academy_High_School_(Chicago)) {{nowrap|(Chicago)}}
| college     = [Purdue](/source/Purdue_Boilermakers_football) (1941–1943, 1946)
| draftyear   = 1945
| draftround  = 6
| draftpick   = 44
| pastteams   = 
* [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees_(AAFC)) ([1947](/source/1947_AAFC_season))
* [Baltimore Colts](/source/Baltimore_Colts_(1947%E2%80%9350)) ([1948](/source/1948_AAFC_season)–[1949](/source/1949_AAFC_season))
* [Chicago Bears](/source/Chicago_Bears) ({{NFL Year|1950|1952}})
* [Baltimore Colts](/source/Baltimore_Colts) ({{NFL Year|1953|1954}})
* [Ottawa Rough Riders](/source/Ottawa_Rough_Riders) (1955)
| highlights  = 
* 4× First-team [All-Pro](/source/All-Pro) ([1948](/source/1948_All-Pro_Team)–[1951](/source/1951_All-Pro_Team))
* Second-team All-Pro ([1947](/source/1947_All-Pro_Team))
* 4× [Pro Bowl](/source/Pro_Bowl) ([1950](/source/1951_Pro_Bowl)–[1953](/source/1954_Pro_Bowl))
* [NFL 1950s All-Decade Team](/source/NFL_1950s_All-Decade_Team)
* [100 greatest Bears of All-Time](/source/Chicago_Bears)
* 2× First-team [All-Big Ten](/source/List_of_All-Big_Ten_Conference_football_teams) ([1943](/source/1943_All-Big_Ten_Conference_football_team), [1946](/source/1946_All-Big_Nine_Conference_football_team))
| statleague  = NFL/AAFC
| statlabel1  = Games played
| statvalue1  = 92
| statlabel2  = Games started
| statvalue2  = 83
| statlabel3  = [Fumble](/source/Fumble) recoveries
| statvalue3  = 3
| pfr         = BarwDi00
}}

'''Richard J. Barwegen''' (December 25, 1921 – September 3, 1966) was an American professional [football](/source/American_football) player who was an [offensive lineman](/source/offensive_lineman) for five seasons in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL). He was selected to four [Pro Bowl](/source/Pro_Bowl)s during his career. He is one of only four members of the [NFL 1950s All-Decade Team](/source/NFL_1950s_All-Decade_Team) to not be in the [Pro Football Hall of Fame](/source/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame). The [Professional Football Researchers Association](/source/Professional_Football_Researchers_Association) named Barwegan to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.com/hall-of-very-good-2008.htm |title=Hall of Very Good Class of 2008 |access-date=November 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003064700/http://www.profootballresearchers.com/hall-of-very-good-2008.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==
Barwegen was drafted late in the [1945 NFL draft](/source/1945_NFL_draft) by the Brooklyn Tigers, who soon merged with the [Boston Yanks](/source/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](/source/George_Blanda), [Bob Perina](/source/Bob_Perina), [Ernie Zalejski](/source/Ernie_Zalejski), Jimmy "Tank" Crawford, and [Bob Jensen](/source/Bob_Jensen_(American_football)). 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.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl=2509115 |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=B/BarwDi00 |rotoworld= }}

{{Brooklyn Tigers 1945 NFL draft picks}}
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Category:1921 births
Category:1966 deaths
Category:American football offensive guards
Category:Baltimore Colts players
Category:Baltimore Colts (1947–1950) players
Category:Canadian football offensive linemen
Category:Chicago Bears players
Category:New York Yankees (AAFC) players
Category:Ottawa Rough Riders players
Category:Purdue Boilermakers football players
Category:Western Conference Pro Bowl players
Category:Players of American football from Chicago
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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