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Position: | Center |
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Born: | Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. | July 9, 1936
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College: | Minnesota |
NFL Draft: | 1958 / Round: 14 |
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Robert Malcolm Schmidt (born July 9, 1936), nicknamed "Two Bud", is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). Schmidt played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and professionally between 1959 and 1967. He started with the NFL's New York Giants and then moved to the new AFL's Houston Oilers in 1961. He was a member of the Oilers' American Football League Championship team in 1961, and was an AFL All-Star in 1961, 1962, and 1963. He finished his professional football career in 1967 with the AFL's Buffalo Bills.
Schmidt now lives in the Buffalo suburb of Hamburg, New York, with his wife Mary Margaret Schmidt (married December 8, 1994 in Rochester, NY).