Hall of Fame
Position: Quarterback
Years: 1958-1960
Place of Birth: Deadwood, SD
Date of Birth: Oct 02, 1939
Place of Death: Enumclaw, WA
Date of Death: May 16, 2019
Jersey Number: 15
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190
High School: Gresham, OR (Gresham HS)
Bob Schloredt, the first-ever, two-time Rose Bowl game MVP, was a two-way player at the University of Washington. He first made headlines as a sophomore in 1958, with a 71-yard punt against Oregon State. But his junior year was his best. He played quarterback on offense, earning AP First-Team All-America honors and the 1959 W.J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast. He also was a defensive back, intercepting seven passes in 1959. Washington beat Wisconsin 44-8 in the 1960 Rose Bowl, and he was co-winner of the Most Valuable Player Award.
A broken collar bone kept him out of action more than half his senior season, 1960, but he returned to health and played in the 1961 Rose Bowl game, leading the Huskies to a 17-7 victory over Minnesota. His performance, which included passing for one touchdown and running for another, earned him Rose Bowl MVP honors for a consecutive season and UW a share of the national championship.
As a starting quarterback, he went 15-2. Schloredt did all this with one good eye. A childhood fireworks accident, at age five, left him with only five percent vision in his left eye.
Following college, Schloredt played two years in the Canadian Football League for the BC Lions, before returning to Seattle as a UW assistant coach under Jim Owens from 1963 to 1973. In 1975, he served as an assistant coach for The Hawaiians of the WFL, which folded mid-season.
In addition to the College Football Hall of Fame, Schloredt has been inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame (1981) and the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame (1991).
Born in Deadwood, South Dakota, on Oct. 2, 1939, Schloredt graduated from Gresham High in suburban Portland, Ore., before coming to the UW. He passed away May 16, 2019. He was 79.
