Robert S. Carlson
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | Alexandria, Minnesota, U.S.[1] | August 6, 1913
Died | December 9, 2000 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 87)
Alma mater | University of Minnesota (1938) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1936–1937 | Minnesota |
Baseball | |
1937 | Minnesota |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1938–1939 | Glenwood HS (MN) |
1940–1941 | Augsburg |
1946 | Augsburg |
1949–1950 | Wichita (freshmen) |
1951–1952 | Wichita |
Basketball | |
1938–1940 | Glenwood HS (MN) |
1940–? | Augsburg (assistant) |
Baseball | |
1939–1940 | Glenwood HS (MN) |
1941–? | Augsburg (assistant) |
1951 | Wichita |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 8–30–1 (college football) 1–4 (college baseball) |
Robert Stewart Carlson (August 6, 1913 – December 9, 2000)[1][2] was an American college football and college 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 head coaching record of 8–30–1.
Carlson began his coaching career in 1938 at Glennwood High School in Glenwood, Minnesota, where he also taught physical education.[3] In 1940, hr was hired by Augsburg College as head football coach and assistant coach in basketball, and baseball.[4]
Carlson died on December 9, 2000.[5]
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Augsburg Auggies (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1940–1941) | |||||||||
1940 | Augsburg | 1–5 | 0–4 | 8th | |||||
1941 | Augsburg | 1–6 | 0–5 | 8th | |||||
Augsburg Auggies (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1946) | |||||||||
1946 | Augsburg | 1–6 | 1–5 | 7th | |||||
Augsburg: | 3–17 | 1–14 | |||||||
Wichita Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1951–1952) | |||||||||
1951 | Wichita | 2–7 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
1952 | Wichita | 3–6 | 0–3 | 5th | |||||
Wichita: | 5–13 | 2–7 | |||||||
Total: | 8–30–1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908–2017
- ^ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947
- ^ "Bob Carlson, Former Gopher Star, Will Coach at Glenwood". The Minneapolis Journal. Minneapolis, Minnesota. July 27, 1938. p. 19. Retrieved November 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Bob Carlson Named Auggie Grid Coach". Minneapolis Morning Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. April 11, 1940. p. 21. Retrieved November 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Obituaries & Funerals; Carlson". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. December 15, 2000. p. B8. Retrieved November 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
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