Bob Lundell Explained

Position:End
Birth Date:21 June 1907
Birth Place:Pueblo, Colorado
Death Place:McAllen, Texas
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lbs:215
High School:Edison (MN)
College:Gustavus Adolphus
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Wilbur Harvey Lundell (June 21, 1907 – July 7, 1993), sometimes known as Bob Lundell or "Brute" Lundell, was an American football, baseball, and basketball player.

Lundell was born in Pueblo, Colorado, in 1907. He attended Edison High School in Minneapolis and Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.[1] He was an all-round athlete at Gustavus Adolphus, playing end on the football team, center on the basketball team, and as a first baseman for the baseball team. He attended Gustavus Adolphus for three years, leaving in the summer of 1928 to attend the University of Minnesota.[2] [3] He led Gustavus Adolphus to its first Minnesota College Conference championship in 1926.[4]

He later played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as an end and punter for the Minneapolis Red Jackets (1929-1930) and Staten Island Stapletons (1930).[1] [5] He appeared in 20 NFL games, 16 of them as a starter. He scored one touchdown, for the Red Jackets in 1930.[1] [6]

He also played professional baseball for Belle Plaine in 1927, in the St. Louis Cardinals farm system, and for St. Cloud starting in 1931.[7]

He also remained active in basketball, playing center for the Raferts in the Minneapolis A.A.U. basketball league.[8]

Lundell lived in McAllen, Texas, from 1972. He died in 1993 at the Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen at age 86.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bob Lundell. Pro Football Archives. February 12, 2022.
  2. News: Wilbur Lundell Will Not Return to Gustavus Adolphus College this Fall. The Minneapolis Star. August 29, 1928. 14. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Lundell Gets By Exams for Army School. Minneapolis Daily Star. May 14, 1927. 17. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Lundell Stars in Gustavus 20-0 Victory. the Minneapolis Tribune. November 7, 1926. 35. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Red Jackets Defeated by Green Bay, 16 to 6. The Minneapolis Tribune. November 4, 1929. 11. Newspapers.com.
  6. Web site: Bob Lundell . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . July 16, 2020.
  7. News: Introducing 1931 Saint Baseball Players: Wilbur Lundell. St. Cloud Times. May 14, 1931. 18. Newspapers.com.
  8. News: Race Tightens in A.A.U. Play. The Minneapolis Star. February 3, 1932. 13. Newspapers.com.
  9. News: Wilbur Harvey Lundell. The Monitor. July 9, 1993. 34. Newspapers.com.