Ray Buivid

{{Short description|American football player (1915–1972)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Ray Buivid

| image = Ray_Buivid.jpg

| caption = Buivid from the 1937 Hilltop

| number = 9

| position = Quarterback
Halfback

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|8|15}}

| birth_place = Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|7|5|1915|8|15}}

| death_place = Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 195

| high_school = Port Washington (WI)

| college = Marquette

| draftyear = 1937

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 3

| pastteams =

• New York Yankees (1937)
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1937|1938}})

| highlights =

• First quarterback to throw five touchdowns in a game in NFL
• Consensus All-American (1936)
• Third-team All-American (1935)
• Third in Heisman Trophy voting (1936)

| statlabel1 = TD–INT

| statvalue1 = 11–4

| statlabel2 = Yards

| statvalue2 = 500

| statlabel3 = Passer rating

| statvalue3 = 80.8

| pfr = B/BuivRa20

}}

Raymond Vincent Buivid (August 15, 1915 – July 5, 1972) was an American football player who played quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears.{{Cite web |title=Ray Buivid Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BuivRa20.htm |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}

A versatile player, Buivid played quarterback, halfback, and defensive back for the Marquette Golden Avalanche football team. He threw 13 touchdowns his junior year (1935). In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy.{{Cite web |title=1936 Heisman Trophy Voting |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/heisman-1936.html |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Sports Reference |language=en}} He was a consensus All-American as a halfback, though he completed over 50% of his passes as quarterback as well. Marquette finished 20th in the country, and played in their first ever bowl game, the first Cotton Bowl Classic.{{Cite web |title=Raymond Buivid (1974) - Marquette 'M Club' Hall of Fame |url=https://gomarquette.com/honors/marquette-m-club-hall-of-fame/raymond-buivid/9 |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Marquette University Athletics |language=en}} They lost 16–6 to TCU led by Sammy Baugh.

Buivid was drafted in the first round with the third overall pick in the 1937 NFL Draft.{{Cite web |title=1937 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1937/draft.htm |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Radcliffe |first=JR |date=April 24, 2018 |title=Here's a list of Wisconsin high school players selected in the NFL draft since 1990, plus a look at earlier notables |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/draft/2018/04/24/compilation-wisconsin-high-school-players-selected-nfl-draft/545903002/ |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}} He is the highest drafted player out of Marquette.{{Cite web |title=Marquette Drafted Players/Alumni |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/schools/marquette/drafted.htm |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} Buivid signed with the Chicago Bears on October 11, 1937, after missing the first three games of the season.{{Cite news |date=October 12, 1937 |title=Ray Buivid to Join Bears for Cardinals Game |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1937/10/12/page/29/article/ray-buivid-to-join-bears-for-cardinal-game |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202145531/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1937/10/12/page/29/article/ray-buivid-to-join-bears-for-cardinal-game/ |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |work=Chicago Tribune}} In the season finale against the cross-town rival Chicago Cardinals, he became the first player to throw five touchdowns in a single game, and also caught one.{{Cite web |last=Jasner |first=Andy |date=November 22, 2015 |title=Bucs' Winston enters record books with 5 TDs |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/14195902/tampa-bay-buccaneers-qb-jameis-winston-ties-nfl-rookie-record-5-td-passes |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} Despite this performance, he appeared in just six games that season, all behind starting quarterback Bernie Masterson, attempting just 35 passes. The 9–1 Bears won the Western division, and played in the 1937 NFL Championship Game against the Washington Redskins, led by fellow rookie Sammy Baugh (who was drafted after Buivid, despite defeating him in the Cotton Bowl). Buivid was just 3 for 12 passing and 3 for -6 yards rushing with three turnovers, including a muffed punt late in the fourth quarter to seal the defeat.{{Cite book |last=Page |first=Joseph S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jysqjoco9rsC&q=ray+buivid |title=Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl: A Year-by-Year History, 1926-1965 |date=January 10, 2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786457854 |pages=41–44|via=Google Books |language=en}}

The next season, he appeared in 11 games but attempted just 48 passes for 295 yards, along with 32 rushes for 65 yards.{{Cite web |title=Ray Buivid 1938 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BuivRa20/gamelog/1938/ |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} He retired after just two seasons at age 23 to serve in World War II as a lieutenant in the navy.{{Cite book |last=Anton |first=Todd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GTi4AQAAQBAJ&q=ray+buivid |title=When Football Went to War |last2=Nowlin |first2=Bill |date=November 15, 2013 |publisher=Triumph Books |isbn=9781600788451|via=Google Books |page=243 |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Death Takes All-American |date=July 7, 1972 |agency=Arizona Republic}}