Harland Svare

Harland Svare
Date of birth November 15, 1930 (1930-11-15) (age 81)
Place of birth Clarkfield, Minnesota
Position(s) Linebacker
College Washington State
NFL Draft 1953 / Round 17 / Pick 204
Career record 21-48
Stats
Playing stats Pro Football Reference
Playing stats DatabaseFootball
Coaching stats Pro Football Reference
Coaching stats DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1953-1954
1955-1960		 Los Angeles Rams
New York Giants
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1962-1965
1971-1973		 Los Angeles Rams
San Diego Chargers

Harland James Svare (born November 25, 1930) is a former American football linebacker who played for eight seasons with the Los Angeles Rams and the New York Giants from 1953 to 1960 in the National Football League. He was the Rams head coach from midway the 1962 season through 1965, and the San Diego Chargers head coach from 1971 through 1973.

In a November 1972 game, Eugene V. Klein awarded Svare a five-year coaching contract, an unpopular decision; however, Svare voluntarily left a year later.[1]

References

  1. ^ Magee, Jerry (1984-08-28). "As Klein Passes on Chargers, Era Ends in San Diego: Whether Right or Wrong, he 'Ran the Show'". The San Diego Union: p. FOOTBALL. "Often, though, history's lesson is that Klein has moved too hastily, as he did in November 1972 when he awarded a new five-year coaching contract to Harland Svare at halftime of a game...That decision signaled the most raucous period the Chargers have experienced. Angry cries of "Five more years!" were heard in Mission Valley until Svare stepped down as coach a year later." 

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