Raymond Vincent Buivid (August 15, 1915 – July 5, 1972) was an

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player who played

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in the

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(NFL) for the

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. A versatile player, Buivid played quarterback, halfback, and defensive back for the Marquette Golden Avalanche football team. He threw 13 touchdowns his junior year (1935). In

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, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was a consensus All-American as a halfback, though he completed over 50% of his passes as quarterback as well. Marquette finished 20th in the country, and played in their first ever bowl game, the first

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. They lost 16–6 to

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led by Sammy Baugh. Buivid signed with the

on October 11, 1937 after missing the first three games of the season. In the season finale against the cross-town rival

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, he became the first player to throw five touchdowns in a single game, and also caught one. Despite this performance, he appeared in just six games that season, all behind starting quarterback Bernie Masterson, attempting just 35 passes. The 9–1 Bears won the Western division, and played in the

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against the

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, led by fellow rookie Sammy Baugh (who was drafted after Buivid, despite defeating him in the Cotton Bowl). Buivid was just 3 for 12 passing and 3 for -6 yards rushing with three turnovers, including a muffed punt late in the fourth quarter to seal the defeat. The next season, he appeared in 11 games but attempted just 48 passes for 295 yards, along with 32 rushes for 65 yards. He retired after just two seasons at age 23 to serve in

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as a lieutenant in the navy.

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1915 births 1972 deaths American football halfbacks American football quarterbacks Chicago Bears players Marquette Golden Avalanche football players All-American college football players United States Navy personnel of World War II Sportspeople from Sheboygan, Wisconsin Players of American football from Wisconsin United States Navy officers Military personnel from Wisconsin {{quarterback-1910s-stub