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Bill Lund

Bill Lund
A headshot of Bill Lund from a 1946 Cleveland Browns game program
Lund in 1946
No. 82
Position: Halfback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1924-10-27)October 27, 1924
Place of birth: Akron, Ohio
Date of death: September 27, 2008(2008-09-27) (aged 83)
Place of death: Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight: 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College: Case Institute of Technology
NFL Draft: 1945 / Round: 15 / Pick: 147
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 1947
Games: 18
Rushing Yards: 177
Receiving Yards: 174
Player stats at PFR
Games: 18
Rushing Yards: 177
Receiving Yards: 174

William Harold Lund (October 27, 1924 – September 27, 2008) was a former professional American football halfback who played two seasons for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

Lund grew up in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and went to the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a star on his college football, basketball and track teams. He was a triple threat man in football, playing halfback and fullback. In track, he set a school record in the 100-yard dash and won the U.S. amateur championship in 1944 in the long jump. After a short stint in the U.S. Navy, Lund was drafted in 1945 by the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League. He signed instead to play for the Browns, a team under formation in the new AAFC. After two years with the Browns, in both of which the team won the AAFC championship, he was traded to the Chicago Rockets. Lund, however, elected to leave professional football to work as an engineer. He was later an assistant coach at Case, his alma mater.

Lund grew up in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and played football briefly in high school. He graduated and attended the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio starting in 1942, playing on the school's football, basketball and track teams. As a sophomore in 1943 he became a primary halfback on Case's football team and was touted as an emerging triple threat man.


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