{{short description|Canadian football player (born 1959)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox NFL biography |name=Bob Bronk |image=2022, Bob Bronk and Noel Prefontaine (cropped).jpg |upright=.85 |caption=Bronk signing autographs in 2022 |current_team= |number=34<ref name="Pfa">{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/b/bron00150.html | title=Bob Bronk | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=5 August 2025}}</ref> |position=Fullback |birth_date={{birth date and age|November 18, 1959}} |birth_place=Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |death_date= |death_place= |height_ft=6 |height_in=0 |weight_lbs=215 |high_school= |cis=Queen's |pastteams= * Toronto Argonauts ({{CFL Year|1982|1986}}) * Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|1987}})* |highlights= * Grey Cup champion (1983) * CFL East All-Star ({{CFL Year|1985}}) }} '''Bob Bronk''' (born November 18, 1959) is a Canadian former professional football fullback who played five seasons with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played CIAU football at Queen's University.
==Early life== Bob Bronk was born on November 18, 1959, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.<ref name="Pfa"/> Growing up, he played football for the East Side Eagles, East Kildonan Lions, and Winnipeg Rods.<ref name="press"/> He played CIAU football for the Queen's Golden Gaels of Queen's University as a 21-year-old freshman in 1980.<ref name="Pfa"/><ref name="Protected">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kingston-whig-standard/178258932/ | title=Bob Bronk protected by Argos | work=The Kingston Whig-Standard | date=January 22, 1981 | accessdate=5 August 2025 | pages=13}}</ref>
==Professional career== Bronk was a territorial protection of the Toronto Argonauts in the 1981 CFL draft.<ref name="Protected"/> He then returned to Queen's for his sophomore year in 1981, rushing 77 times for 528 yards and five touchdowns in five games.<ref name="Pin"/><ref name="sign"/> His 6.8 yards per carry was the highest in the country that year.<ref name="sign"/> Bronk graduated with a civil engineering degree in spring 1982.<ref name="Pin">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star/178258793/ | title=Argos pin their hopes on Gaels' Bob Bronk | work=The Toronto Star | date=February 4, 1982 | accessdate=5 August 2025 | author=Matsumoto, Rick | pages=B2}}</ref> He officially signed with the Argonauts on March 17, 1982.<ref name="sign">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kingston-whig-standard/178260052/ | title=Argos sign Queen's Bronk | work=The Kingston Whig-Standard | date=March 18, 1982 | agency=The Canadian Press | accessdate=5 August 2025 | pages=10}}</ref> Bronk missed the majority of the 1983 season after suffering torn knee ligaments.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star/178260202/ | title=Bronk agrees to Argo terms for new pact | work=The Toronto Star | date=December 17, 1983 | accessdate=5 August 2025 | author=Matsumoto, Rick | pages=D1}}</ref> On November 27, 1983, the Argonauts won the 71st Grey Cup in Bronk's absence, beating the BC Lions by a score of 18–17.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1983cfltor.html | title=1983 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=5 August 2025}}</ref> Bronk was named a CFL East All-Star in 1985.<ref name="Sc">{{cite web | url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-bronkbob001 | title=Bob Bronk | publisher=Stats Crew | accessdate=5 August 2025}}</ref> He dressed in 70 games overall for the Argonauts from 1982 to 1986, recording career totals of 108 carries for 419 yards and three touchdowns, and 134 receptions for 1,279 yards and eight touchdowns.<ref name="Sc"/><ref name="Pfa"/> He was regarded as an excellent blocker.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/109978/cid/7572901/1985-JOGO-31-Bob-Bronk | title=1985 JOGO #31 Bob Bronk | publisher=TCDb.com | accessdate=5 August 2025}}</ref> Bronk requested a trade on March 26, 1987.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette/178260810/ | title=Argos' Bronk asks for trade | work=The Gazette | date=March 27, 1987 | agency=The Canadian Press | accessdate=5 August 2025 | pages=D9}}</ref>
In April 1987, Bronk and Tony Antunovic were traded to the Montreal Alouettes for Tony Johns and future considerations.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/niagara-falls-review/172130547/ | title=Transactions | work=Niagara Falls Review | date=April 23, 1987 | accessdate=10 May 2025 | pages=18}}</ref> However, the Alouettes folded one day before the start of the regular season.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-phoenix/178261160/ | title=Esk' record-setting Williams named CFL offensive star | work=Star-Phoenix | date=July 3, 1987 | accessdate=5 August 2025 | pages=D6}}</ref>
==Personal life== Bronk later became the president of the Canadian Football League Alumni Association.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cflaa.ca/presidents-message/ | title=President’s Message | publisher=Canadian Football League Alumni Association | accessdate=5 August 2025}}</ref> He has also served as the CEO of the Ontario Construction Secretariat.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/labour/2023/01/bronk-recommends-new-approaches-to-recruitment | title=Bronk recommends new approaches to recruitment | publisher=ConstructConnect | date=January 13, 2023 | accessdate=5 August 2025 | author=Wall, Don}}</ref>
Bronk, his son, and his father have all competed in the Manitoba Marathon.<ref name="press">{{cite news | url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2018/06/17/like-grandfather-like-father-like-son | title=Like grandfather, like father, like son | work=Winnipeg Free Press | date=June 17, 2018 | accessdate=5 August 2025 | author=Macintosh, Maggie}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bronk, Bob}} Category:Living people Category:1959 births Category:Canadian football fullbacks Category:Queen's Golden Gaels football players Category:Toronto Argonauts players Category:Montreal Alouettes players Category:Players of Canadian football from Manitoba Category:Canadian football people from Winnipeg