| Bob Thalman | |
| Birth Date: | 5 November 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1946 |
| Player Team2: | Richmond |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | ?–1952 |
| Coach Team2: | Norview HS (VA) (line) |
| Coach Years3: | 1953–1955 |
| Coach Team3: | Hampden–Sydney (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1956–1959 |
| Coach Team4: | Hampden–Sydney |
| Coach Years5: | 1960–1966 |
| Coach Team5: | North Carolina (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1967–1968 |
| Coach Team6: | Georgia Tech (off. backs) |
| Coach Years7: | 1969–1970 |
| Coach Team7: | VMI (defensive assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 1971–1984 |
| Coach Team8: | VMI |
| Coach Sport9: | Track |
| Coach Years10: | ?–1953 |
| Coach Team10: | Norview HS (VA) |
| Coach Years11: | 1953–? |
| Coach Team11: | Hampden–Sydney |
| Admin Years1: | 1956–? |
| Admin Team1: | Hampden–Sydney |
| Overall Record: | 80–103–4 (college football) |
| Championships: | Football 1 Mason–Dixon (1957) 1 Virginia Little Eight (1957) 2 SoCon (1974, 1977) |
Robert Joseph Thalman (November 5, 1922 – January 31, 2012)[1] was an American football and track coach. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1956 to 1959 and at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from 1971 to 1984, compiling a career college football record of 80–103–4. He led the VMI Keydets to Southern Conference championships in 1974 and 1977. Thalman played football at the University of Richmond, from which he graduated in 1948.
Thalman was the line coach in football and head track coach at Norview High School in Norfolk, Virginia until he was hired, in 1953, to be an assistant football coach at head track coach at Hampden–Sydney.[2]