Dick Barwegen

{{Short description|American football player (1921–1966)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Dick Barwegen

| image = Dick Barwegan.jpg

| upright = .85

| caption = Barwegan from 1944 Purdue yearbook

| number = 31, 21, 6, 26, 61

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|12|25|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|9|3|1921|12|25|mf=y}}

| death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 227

| high_school = Fenger Academy {{nowrap|(Chicago)}}

| college = Purdue

| draftyear = 1945

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 44

| pastteams = * New York Yankees (1947)

• Baltimore Colts (1948–1949)
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1950|1952}})
• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1953|1954}})
• Ottawa Rough Riders (1955)

| highlights = * 4× First-team All-Pro (1948-1951)

• Second-team All-Pro (1947)
• 4× Pro Bowl (1950–1953)
• NFL 1950s All-Decade Team
• 100 greatest Bears of All-Time
• 2× First-team All-Big Ten (1943, 1946)

| statleague = NFL/AAFC

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 92

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 85

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 3

| pfr = BarwDi00

}}

Richard J. Barwegen (December 25, 1921 – September 3, 1966) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected to four Pro Bowls during his career. He is one of only four members of the NFL 1950s All-Decade Team to not be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Professional Football Researchers Association named Barwegan to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2008.{{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 }}