Bob Haak (American football)
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| Position: | Guard, tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 26, 1916 Hammond, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died: | November 1, 1992 (aged 76) Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 245 lb (111 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Indiana |
| NFL draft: | 1939 / round: 2 / pick: 15 |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Robert Ally Haak (March 26, 1916 – November 1, 1992) was an American football player.
Early life
[edit]Haak graduated from Hammond High School in Hammond, Indiana where he was a two-time state champion heavy-weight wrestler and an all-conference tackle.[1][2] He went on to Indiana University where he was a member of the football team, wrestling team, and Sigma Pi fraternity. In 1937, he placed third in the Unlimited division at the NCAA Wrestling championships.[3] During his senior year at Indiana he was named to the all-Big Ten team and played in the 1939 Blue–Gray Football Classic All-Star game. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Education.[4]
Pro career
[edit]Haak was drafted in the second round of the 1939 NFL Draft.[5] He played Guard and Tackle for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1939.[6][7]
Professional life
[edit]After leaving the NFL he spent 1940 as the line coach for the Indiana Hoosiers freshmen football team.[2]
In later life he owned the distributing company Best Beers of Bloomington.[8]
He was inducted into the Indiana Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1970 and into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1976.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "State Champions". IndianaMat.
- ^ a b c "Haak, Robert A." Indiana Football Hall of Fame.
- ^ Palmer, Mark (March 27, 2017). "Looking back 80 years: 1937 NCAAs on film". InterMat.
- ^ "Sigma Pi In The News: Robert "Spanky" Haak, Football and Wrestling Star" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 26, no. 1. May 1939. p. 19.
- ^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ Langhammer, Jay (Fall 1985). "Sigma Pis in Pro Football" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 74, no. 3. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
- ^ "Bob Haak Stats". Pro Football Reference.
- ^ Malt Beverages Interbrand Competition Act: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate. United States Congress. 1982. p. 315. Retrieved December 3, 2020.