At the end of his college career, Schwegler played in the January 1932 edition of the East–West Shrine Game.[6] In 1934, he played for the Stanford Braves, a team in the Pacific Pro Football League, an early professional league.[7] He also coached three youth teams, for players aged 12–14, during that season.[8] Schwegler returned in 1935 to play for the Hollywood Braves; the league that year was known as the American Legion League.[9]
In February 1937, Schwegler made sports headlines by suggesting that college football players should stage a sitdown strike until getting paid to play.[10]
Schwegler accompanied Hollywood director Tay Garnett on a work voyage that began in November 1935 from Los Angeles, crossing the Pacific through Asia and on to Europe.[17] Stops included Honolulu, Guam, Manila, Singapore, Colombo, India, Arabia, Egypt, and Spain.[18] Undertaken to film locations for use as backdrops in movies, the yacht and its crew reached the U.S. east coast in October 1936.[19] Articles that Schwegler wrote about the voyage were published in The Birmingham News in January 1937,[20] and the June 1937 edition of Pacific Motor Boat magazine.[21] By August 1938, Schwegler was no longer working with Garnett, having gone into the music publishing business with a partner.[22]
As of February 1950, Schwegler was working as the public relations director of a wine company.[27] By 1958, he was the sales manager of a film processing company.[28][29] He was frequently mentioned in Los Angeles-area newspapers for activities such as organizing blood drives.[30]
Schwegler died in December 1980 at his residence in Newport Beach, California; he was survived by his wife and a daughter.[31]
Notes
^The university yearbook stated that a captain was appointed for each game, then Schwegler was selected as honorary captain of the season by his teammates.[5]
^"The All American (advertisement)". Washington Staatszeitung. Seattle, Washington. October 20, 1932. p. 4. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
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