Bill Swiacki
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| Date of birth | October 2, 1922 |
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| Place of birth | Southbridge, Massachusetts |
| Date of death | July 7, 1976 (aged 53) |
| Place of death | Sturbridge, Massachusetts |
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| Position(s) | End |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| College | Columbia |
| NFL draft | 1946 / Round: 16 |
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| 1954 | New York Giants (ends) |
| 1955–1956 | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1958 | Los Angeles Rams (ends) |
| As player | |
| 1948–1950 | New York Giants |
| 1951–1952 | Detroit Lions |
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William Adam Swiacki (October 2, 1922 – July 7, 1976) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as an end for Columbia University in 1946 and 1947 and was a consensus first-team All-American in 1947. He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants from 1948 to 1950 and for the Detroit Lions in 1951 and 1952. He was a member of the Lions' 1952 team that won the NFL championship.
Swiacki was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, in 1922. He was of Polish descent
Swiacki began his college education at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He played at the end position for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team in 1942. He then served as a second lieutenant and navigator on a B-17 Flying Fortress in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war, he attended Columbia University and played college football at the end position for the Columbia Lions in 1946 and 1947. On October 26, 1947, Swiacki gained national fame when his nine pass receptions led Columbia to a 21-20 victory over Army, breaking the Cadets' 32-game winning streak. At the end of the 1947 season, Swiacki was a consensus All-American, receiving first-team honors from, among others, the American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, the United Press,Collier's Weekly, the International News Service, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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