Bob Weber (American football) explained

Bob Weber
Birth Date:21 April 1934
Death Place:Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Player Years1:1951–1954
Player Team1:Colorado State
Player Positions:Center
Coach Years1:1958–1963
Coach Team1:Trinidad State
Coach Years2:1964–1966
Coach Team2:Colorado State (assistant)
Coach Years3:1967–1968
Coach Team3:Arizona (OC)
Coach Years4:1969–1972
Coach Team4:Arizona
Coach Years5:1973–1976
Coach Team5:Kansas State (OC)
Coach Years6:1977–1979
Coach Team6:Louisville (OC)
Coach Years7:1980–1984
Coach Team7:Louisville
Coach Years8:1985
Coach Team8:SMU (LB)
Coach Years9:1988
Coach Team9:Ottawa Rough Riders
Overall Record:36–61 (college)

Robert Weber (April 21, 1934 – November 1, 2008) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Arizona from 1969 to 1972 and at the University of Louisville from 1980 to 1984, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 36–61.

Weber grew up on a farm near Fort Collins, Colorado and played center at Colorado State University from 1951 to 1954, earning all-Skyline Conference honors his final two years. After college, he played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Edmonton Eskimos for a year before a water skiing injury ended his playing career. Weber began his coaching career at Trinidad State Junior College before becoming an assistant coach at Colorado State University.[1]

Following his time at the University of Louisville, Weber served as an assistant coach at Southern Methodist University and Vanderbilt University before retiring in the mid-1990s.[1] Weber died of pancreatic cancer on November 1, 2008.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Cancer claims former CSU football star . Fort Collins Coloradoan . November 5, 2008 .
  2. News: Former UA coach Weber dies of cancer . The Arizona Star. November 3, 2008.