Rex Bumgardner
Bumgardner being tackled by Emlen Tunnell of the New York Giants in a 1950 playoff game
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| Position: | Halfback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 6, 1923 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Clarksburg, West Virginia | ||||||||
| Date of death: | June 1, 1998 (aged 74) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Clarksburg, West Virginia | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 193 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Victory (WV) | ||||||||
| College: | West Virginia University | ||||||||
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| Rush attempts: | 236 |
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| Rush yards: | 868 |
| Touchdowns: | 10 |
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Rex Keith Bumgardner (September 6, 1923 – June 1, 1998) was a halfback in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills and the Cleveland Browns in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Bumgardner grew up in West Virginia and helped lead his high school basketball team to a state championship in 1941. He attended West Virginia University following a stint in the military during World War II, playing on the school's football team in 1946 and 1947. He then started his professional career with the Bills of the AAFC, where he remained for two seasons before joining the Browns in 1950. Cleveland won the NFL championship game that year, aided by a diving touchdown catch by Bumgardner late in the fourth quarter.
Bumgardner stayed with the Browns until 1953, when the team sold him to the Baltimore Colts. He retired after the Colts cut him and went back to West Virginia, where he worked as a sheriff and U.S. marshal for several decades. He died in 1998.
Bumgardner grew up in Clarksburg, West Virginia and attended the local Victory High School. He played on a basketball team at Victory that won the state scholastic championship in 1941 under head coach Howard "Doc" Hutson. After graduating, Bumgardner served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was stationed at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, where he played for the base's service football team. After the war, he enrolled at West Virginia University and played on the football team as a halfback in 1946 and 1947. He was a substitute in 1946, but led the team in rushing in 1947. West Virginia had a 6–4 win–loss record in 1947 under coach Bill Kern.
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