Bill Lund William Harold Lund ( – ) was a former professional American football halfback who played two seasons for the Cleveland Browns in the All - America Football Conference ( AAFC ) . Lund grew up in Cuyahoga Falls , Ohio and went to the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland , Ohio . He was a star on his college football , basketball and track teams . He was a triple threat man in football , playing halfback and fullback . In track , he set a school record in the 100 - yard dash and won the U . S . amateur championship in 1944 in the long jump . After a short stint in the U . S . Navy , Lund was drafted in 1945 by the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League . He signed instead to play for the Browns , a team under formation in the new AAFC . After two years with the Browns , in both of which the team won the AAFC championship , he was traded to the Chicago Rockets . Lund , however , elected to leave professional football to work as an engineer . He was later an assistant coach at Case , his alma mater . College and professional career . Lund grew up in Cuyahoga Falls , Ohio and played football briefly in high school . He graduated and attended the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland , Ohio starting in 1942 , playing on the school ' s football , basketball and track teams . As a sophomore in 1943 he became a primary halfback on Case ' s football team and was touted as an emerging triple threat man . Lund joined the U . S . Navy during World War II , but was allowed to stay at Case and study engineering as part of the Navy ' s V - 12 training program . In the summer of 1944 , he won the U . S . long jump title at the Amateur Athletic Union track and field championships in New York . Lund set school records in the long jump , with 23 feet and 7 inches , and the 100 - yard dash , with a time of 9 . 7 seconds . In the 1944 football season , Lund was moved from halfback to fullback . Later in the season , he became the team ' s primary passer while continuing to run the ball and kick . Lund was selected by the National Football League ' s Cleveland Rams with the 147th pick in the 1945 NFL Draft . Lund was still in the military in 1945 , however , stationed at a base in San Diego , California and playing for the Fleet City Blue Jackets , a service team in San Diego . Upon his discharge in the summer of 1946 , Lund signed with the Cleveland Browns , a team under formation in the new All - America Football Conference ( AAFC ) . After injuries sidelined two of the team ' s starting halfbacks in 1946 , head coach Paul Brown said Lund would be used more frequently . He got off to a strong start playing alongside fullback Marion Motley , the team ' s primary running threat . He suffered an ankle injury later in the season , however , as the Browns went on to win the 1946 AAFC championship . Lund got married in May of 1947 to Nancy Ann Faris of Lorain , Ohio . He was introduced to his wife , a nurse , by teammate Robert Kolesar , who practiced medicine in the offseason . He also worked as an engineer in the offseason at Thompson Products , an aerospace and automotive conglomerate based in Euclid , Ohio . Near the beginning of the 1947 season , Lund broke his left thumb crashing into the stands after returning an interception for a touchdown against the AAFC ' s Brooklyn Dodgers . He missed three games and returned in October of 1947 . The Browns again won the AAFC championship that year . Before the beginning of the 1948 season , the Browns traded Lund and guard Joe Signaigo to the Chicago Rockets for guard Alex Agase and tackle Forrest Grigg . Lund did not play for the Rockets , however , quitting professional football to take a job as an engineer . Later career . Lou Saban , Lund ' s former teammate on the Browns , became Case ' s head football coach in 1950 and hired Lund to coach the freshman team . Lund later worked at Howmet Corporation in New Jersey and Cleveland ' s Sherwood Refractory . In 1979 , he co - founded Concorde Castings , an aerospace components manufacturer , and was its chief executive officer until his retirement in 1995 . Lund was a cousin of Pug Lund , a star at the University of Minnesota who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame . He died in 2008 .