Hall of Fame College Football Player, Professional Football Player. He attended Rusk High School in Texas, where he first achieved athletic greatness and played collegiate football at Texas Christian University (TCU). While playing at the fullback position, he was a contributor to two Southwestern Conference Championships (1955 and 1956) and experienced a bowl game victory, as the Horned Frogs defeated Syracuse 28 to 27 to capture the Cotton Bowl Title on January 1, 1957. Individually, he earned All-American honors twice and led the nation with an 8.2 average gain-per-carry in 1955. Additionally that year, he rushed for 100-yards eight-times. His accomplishments earned him the cover of Sports Illustrated in December 1955 and he was second in voting for the Heisman Trophy behind Howard 'Hopalong" Cassady of Ohio State. Swink was selected by the Chicago Bears during the 2nd round of the 1957 NFL Draft, however he delayed a professional football career in order to attain his medical degree from Southwestern Medical School. He signed with the Texans of the newly-formed American Football League and has the distinction of being on Dallas' inaugural roster of 1960. After one season, he retired from football to focus fully on his medical career and during the Vietnam War, he was assigned to the 12th Evacuation Hospital in Ku Chi, South Vietnam. He performed surgery on the wounded and saw action as a member of a combat battalion and for his heroics, he was recipient of the Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and an Air Medal. Upon his return home, he resumed practicing medicine as an orthopedic surgeon. He was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980. He died of complications from lymphoma.