Bill Lund
Lund in 1946 | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback | ||||||||||||
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| Born | October 27, 1924 Akron, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | September 27, 2008 (aged 83) Chagrin Falls, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Cuyahoga Falls (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) | ||||||||||||
| College | Case Institute of Technology | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1945: 15th round, 147th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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William Harold Lund (October 27, 1924 – September 27, 2008) was an American professional football player who was a halfback for 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 and still holds school records in the 100-yard dash and long jump. His 110-yard dash time of 9.7 was set in 1945, and will never be broken as 110-yard dash is no longer run. He won the U.S. amateur championship in 1944 in the long jump. After a short stint in the U.S. Navy, Lund was selected in 1945 by the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League (NFL). 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.