| Bob Haak | |
| Number: | 19 |
| Position: | Guard, tackle |
| Birth Date: | 26 March 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Hammond, Indiana, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lbs: | 245 |
| College: | Indiana |
| Draftyear: | 1939 |
| Draftround: | 2 |
| Draftpick: | 15 |
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| Pfr: | HaakBo20 |
Robert Ally Haak (March 26, 1916 – November 1, 1992) was an American football player.
Haak graduated from Hammond High School in Hammond, Indiana where he was a two-time state champion heavy-weight wrestler and an all-conference tackle.[1] [2] He went on to Indiana University where he was a member of the football team, wrestling team, and Sigma Pi fraternity. In 1937, he placed third in the Unlimited division at the NCAA Wrestling championships.[3] During his senior year at Indiana he was named to the all-Big Ten team and played in the 1939 Blue–Gray Football Classic All-Star game. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Education.[4]
Haak was drafted in the second round of the 1939 NFL Draft.[5] He played Guard and Tackle for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1939.[6] [7]
After leaving the NFL he spent 1940 as the line coach for the Indiana Hoosiers freshmen football team.[2]
In later life he owned the distributing company Best Beers of Bloomington.[8]
He was inducted into the Indiana Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1970 and into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1976.[2]