:Norm Amundsen

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1932)}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Norm Amundsen

| image =

| caption =

| image_size =

| number = 62

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|9|28}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lbs = 245

| high_school = Kelvyn Park (Chicago)

| college = Wisconsin

| draftyear = 1955

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 65

| pastteams =

Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1957}})

| pastcoaching =

Austin HS (IL) (1958)
Line
Coe (1959–1961)
Line
Beloit (1962–1967)
Head coach
Valparaiso (1968–1976)
Head coach

| pastadmin =

Valparaiso (1975–1979)
Athletic director

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 12

| pfr = A/AmunNo20

}}

Norman Robert Amundsen (born September 28, 1932) is an American former professional football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers and professionally as a guard for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AmunNo20.htm |title=Norm Amundsen NFL & AFL Football Statistics |work=Pro-Football-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415074146/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AmunNo20.htm |archivedate=April 15, 2011 |accessdate=October 27, 2010 |url-status=dead }} Amundsen served as the head football coach at Beloit College from 1962 to 1967 and Valparaiso University from 1968 to 1976. He was also the athletic director at Valparaiso from 1975 to 1979.

Career

Amundsen was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1955 NFL draft and later played with the team during the 1957 NFL season. He played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=AMUNDNOR01 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=November 20, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121195954/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=AMUNDNOR01 |archivedate=November 21, 2010 }}

Head coaching record

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Beloit Buccaneers

| conf = Midwest Conference

| startyear = 1962

| endyear = 1967

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1962

| name = Beloit

| overall = 1–7

| conference = 1–7

| confstanding = 9th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1963

| name = Beloit

| overall = 3–3–2

| conference = 3–3–2

| confstanding = T–5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1964

| name = Beloit

| overall = 5–3

| conference = 5–3

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1965

| name = Beloit

| overall = 5–3

| conference = 5–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1966

| name = Beloit

| overall = 5–3

| conference = 5–3

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1967

| name = Beloit

| overall = 4–4

| conference = 4–4

| confstanding = T–4th

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Beloit

| overall = 23–23–2

| confrecord = 23–23–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Valparaiso Crusaders

| conf = Indiana Collegiate Conference

| startyear = 1968

| endyear = 1976

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1968

| name = Valparaiso

| overall = 4–5

| conference = 4–0

| confstanding = 1st

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1969

| name = Valparaiso

| overall = 7–2

| conference = 3–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1970

| name = Valparaiso

| overall = 5–3–2

| conference = 1–3

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1971

| name = Valparaiso

| overall = 8–2

| conference = 3–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1972

| name = Valparaiso

| overall = 6–4

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1973

| name = Valparaiso

| overall = 6–5

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1974

| name = Valparaiso

| overall = 3–6

| conference = 2–4

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1975

| name = Valparaiso

| overall = 3–6

| conference = 2–4

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1976

| name = Valparaiso

| overall = 2–7–1

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Valparaiso

| overall = 44–40–3

| confrecord = 21–22

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 67–63–5

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

}}

References

Category:1932 births

Category:Living people

Category:American football guards

Category:Beloit Buccaneers football coaches

Category:Coe Kohawks football coaches

Category:Green Bay Packers players

Category:Valparaiso Beacons football coaches

Category:Wisconsin Badgers football players

Category:High school football coaches in Illinois

Category:Coaches of American football from Illinois

Category:Players of American football from Chicago

Category:20th-century American sportsmen