Bill Schroeder

William Fredrich Schroeder (born January 9, 1971) is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL. He attended Sheboygan South High School and then went on to the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, where he starred in track and field. He last played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004. On May 22, 2008 Schroeder informed Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson that he would like to retire as a Packer. He signed with the Packers on May 21, 2008 and retired the next day.

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Bill Schroeder (halfback)

Bill Schroeder was a professional football player in the All-America Football Conference for the Chicago Rockets in 1946 and 1947 as a halfback. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Biography

Schroeder was born William Henry Schroeder on April 11, 1923 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

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Bill Schroeder (baseball)

Bill "Rock" Schroeder (born Alfred William Schroeder on September 7, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball player and a current television sports broadcaster. He currently provides color commentary for the Milwaukee Brewers, for whom he played six of his eight Major League seasons.

Early life

Schroeder was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. He is a graduate of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School (now WW-PHS South). While playing high school baseball, he earned All-State honors in his junior and senior years. He attended Clemson University, and assisted the Clemson Tigers in capturing the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships in 1978 and 1979.

Playing career

He was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth round of the 1979 amateur draft. Throughout his career, he was typically used as a platoon or bench player, a common subject of jokes by Schroeder and others.

Until the 2007 season, Schroeder was the fastest Brewers rookie to reach 15 home runs, achieving the milestone in only 71 games. In 2007, the record was bested by Ryan Braun, who hit 15 home runs in his first 50 games.