Bob Swisher

{{Short description|American football player (1914–1979)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Bob Swisher

| image = Swisher-Bob-1941.jpg

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| number = 48

| position = Halfback

| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|7|14|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Victoria, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|9|27|1914|7|14|mf=y}}

| death_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 163

| high_school = Peoria (IL) Central

| college = Northwestern

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| pastteams =

• Chicago Bears (1938–1941, 1945)

| highlights =

• 2× NFL champion (1940, 1941)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 41

| statlabel2 = Starts

| statvalue2 = 8

| statlabel3 = Yards rushing

| statvalue3 = 544 (5.2 average)

| statlabel4 = Yards receiving

| statvalue4 = 582 (26.5 average)

| statlabel5 = Touchdowns

| statvalue5 = 6

| statlabel6 = Interceptions

| statvalue6 = 2

| pfr = SwisBo20

}}

Robert Emerson Swisher (July 14, 1914 – September 27, 1979) was a professional American football player who played running back for five seasons for the Chicago Bears.

He was born in 1914 in Victoria, Illinois.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SWISHBOB01 |title=Bob Swisher |work=DatabaseFootball |publisher=Roto Sports, Inc. |location=Madison, Wisconsin |accessdate=2012-02-23 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121082358/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SWISHBOB01 |archivedate=2011-11-21 }} By 1931 he was at Central High School in Peoria, where he participated in football, basketball, and track; his pole vault remained the record at Central until 1970. He then played football and track at Evanston's Northwestern University.{{cite web | url = http://www.gpshof.org/Inductees/swisher.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050426091506/http://www.gpshof.org/Inductees/swisher.html | url-status = usurped | archive-date = April 26, 2005 | title = Bob Swisher | publisher = Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame | location = Peoria, Illinois | date = 2011-01-25 | accessdate = 2012-02-23 }}

After his time in the NFL, he coached at Loyola University of Los Angeles and the Naval Air Station in Millington, Tennessee.

He died in 1979.