| Robert S. Carlson | |
| Birth Date: | 6 August 1913[1] |
| Birth Place: | Alexandria, Minnesota, U.S.[2] |
| Death Date: | 9 December 2000 (aged 87)[3] |
| Death Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Minnesota (1938)[4] |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1936–1937 |
| Player Team2: | Minnesota |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1937 |
| Player Team4: | Minnesota |
| Player Positions: | End |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1940–1941 |
| Coach Team2: | Augsburg |
| Coach Years3: | 1946 |
| Coach Team3: | Augsburg |
| Coach Years4: | 1949–1950 |
| Coach Team4: | Wichita (freshmen) |
| Coach Years5: | 1951–1952 |
| Coach Team5: | Wichita |
| Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
| Coach Years7: | 1951 |
| Coach Team7: | Wichita |
| Overall Record: | 8–30–1 (football) 1–4 (baseball) |
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Robert Stewart Carlson (6 August 1913 – 9 December 2000) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Augsburg College from 1940 to 1941 and again in 1946 and at the Municipal University of Wichita—now Wichita State University—from 1951 to 1952, compiling a career college football record of 8–30–1.