| Robert Spangler | |
| Birth Date: | 8 September 1917 |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1935–1938 |
| Player Team2: | Duke |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1936–1938 |
| Player Team4: | Duke |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1940–1941 |
| Coach Team2: | Newport News Builders |
| Coach Years3: | 1946 |
| Coach Team3: | Newport News Builders |
| Coach Years4: | 1947–1948 |
| Coach Team4: | Atlantic Christian |
| Coach Years5: | 1949–1952 |
| Coach Team5: | Catawba |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1951–1952 |
| Coach Team7: | Catawba |
| Overall Record: | 20–36–1 (college football) 4–19 (college basketball) |
Robert F. Spangler (September 8, 1917 – March 31, 1992) was an American football and basketball player and coach.[1] Following a successful played career as a quarterback at Duke University, he served as the head football coach at Atlantic Christian College—now known as Barton College—in Wilson, North Carolina from 1947 to 1948 and Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina from 1949 to 1952.[2] [3]