Rex Bumgardner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Rex Bumgardner

American football halfback

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1923

Place of Birth: Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1998

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Rex Bumgardner

  • 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.

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