Bob Schloredt, one of the biggest stars in Washington Huskies football history, has died at the age of 79, his family announced today.
 
Schloredt gained national notoriety as the Husky quarterback when he led the UW to back-to-back Rose Bowl victories following the 1959 and 1960 seasons. He was the first player in history to win Most Valuable Player honors in two Rose Bowl games, sharing honors with teammate George Fleming as a junior.
 
In addition to going 15-2 as a starting quarterback (he missed games as a senior due to a broken collar bone, from which he recovered prior to the Rose Bowl), he gained national fame due to being almost entirely blind in one eye due to a childhood accident, as detailed in a Sports Illustrated cover story. He capped his college career in Pasadena on Jan. 2, 1961, when the Huskies beat No. 1 Minnesota, 17-7. Schloredt threw for one touchdown and ran for another in the victory, which earned the UW a share of the national championship.
 
He earned first-team All-America from the Associated Press as a junior in 1959 and, as a two-way player, also led the Huskies on defense with six interceptions that season.
 
Following his UW career, Schloredt played for the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League before returning to Seattle, where he served as a UW assistant coach under Jim Owens from 1963 to 1973.
 
Schloredt was a member of the third Husky Hall of Fame class, earning induction in 1981. He took his spot in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989 and was inducted to the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1991.
 
Born in Deadwood, South Dakota, on Oct. 2, 1939, Schloredt graduated from Gresham High in suburban Portland, Ore., before coming to the UW.
 
Details on a memorial services will come soon.