Bob Karch | |
Position: | Tackle |
Birth Date: | 4 July 1894 |
Birth Place: | Columbus, Ohio, US |
Death Place: | Bexley, Ohio, US |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lbs: | 220 |
High School: | Columbus (OH) South |
College: | Ohio State |
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Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 6 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 6 |
Pfr: | KarcBo20 |
Robert Hosack Karch (July 4, 1894November 14, 1958) was an American football player.
Karch was born in 1894 in Columbus, Ohio.[1] [2]
He played college football at Ohio State and was selected by Frank G. Menke to the 1916 All-America college football team.[3]
He also played professional football as a tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Columbus Panhandles (1922) and the Louisville Brecks (1923). He appeared in six NFL games, all as a starter.[1]
Karch sustained a heart attack in 1955 and shot and killed himself at his home in Bexley, Ohio, in 1958.[4] [5]