# Bob Carlson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bob_Carlson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bob_Carlson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Carlson > Source revision: 1306865909 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American football and baseball player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Bob Carlson | image = BoBCarlson.png | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|8|6}} | birth_place = [Alexandria, Minnesota](/source/Alexandria%2C_Minnesota), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|12|9|1913|8|6}} | death_place = [Minneapolis, Minnesota](/source/Minneapolis), U.S. | alma_mater = [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota) (1938) | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1935–1936 | player_team2 = [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football) | player_sport3 = Baseball | player_years4 = 1937 | player_team4 = [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_baseball) | player_positions = [End](/source/End_(gridiron_football)) | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1937 | coach_team2 = [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football) (B team) | coach_years3 = 1938–1939 | coach_team3 = Glenwood HS (MN) | coach_years4 = 1940–1941 | coach_team4 = [Augsburg](/source/Augsburg_Auggies_football) | coach_years5 = 1946 | coach_team5 = Augsburg | coach_years6 = 1949–1950 | coach_team6 = [Wichita](/source/Wichita_State_Shockers_football) (freshmen) | coach_years7 = 1951–1952 | coach_team7 = Wichita | coach_sport8 = Basketball | coach_years9 = 1938–1940 | coach_team9 = Glenwood HS (MN) | coach_years10 = 1940–? | coach_team10 = [Augsburg](/source/Augsburg_Auggies_men's_basketball) (assistant) | coach_sport11 = Baseball | coach_years12 = 1939–1940 | coach_team12 = Glenwood HS (MN) | coach_years13 = 1941–? | coach_team13 = [Augsburg](/source/Augsburg_Auggies_baseball) (assistant) | coach_years14 = 1951 | coach_team14 = [Wichita](/source/Wichita_State_Shockers_baseball) | overall_record = 8–30–1 (college football)
1–4 (college baseball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Robert Stewart Carlson''' (August 6, 1913 – December 9, 2000)''Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908–2017''''U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947'' was an American [college football](/source/college_football) and [college baseball](/source/college_baseball) player and coach. He served as the head football coach at [Augsburg College](/source/Augsburg_College) from 1940 to 1941 and again in 1946 and at the Municipal University of Wichita—now [Wichita State University](/source/Wichita_State_University)—from 1951 to 1952, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 8–30–1. Carlson played football at the [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota) as an [end](/source/End_(gridiron_football)) in 1935 and 1936, on teams coached by [Bernie Bierman](/source/Bernie_Bierman). In 1937, he coached the "B" football team at Minnesota.{{cite news |author= |title=Hamilton Becomes Chief Scout As W.U. Hires Frosh Mentor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-beacon/158839965/ |newspaper=[The Wichita Eagle](/source/The_Wichita_Eagle) |location=[Wichita, Kansas](/source/Wichita%2C_Kansas) |date=August 3, 1949 |page=7 |access-date=November 11, 2024 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) {{Open access}} }} After graduating from University of Minnesota, Carlson was hired, in 1938, as coach at Glennwood High School in [Glenwood, Minnesota](/source/Glenwood%2C_Minnesota), where he also taught physical education.{{cite news |author= |title=Bob Carlson, Former Gopher Star, Will Coach at Glenwood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-journal/158827027/ |newspaper=[The Minneapolis Journal](/source/Minnesota_Star_Tribune) |location=[Minneapolis, Minnesota](/source/Minneapolis) |date=July 27, 1938 |page=19 |access-date=November 11, 2024 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) {{Open access}} }} In 1940, he was hired by Augsburg College as head football coach and assistant coach in [basketball](/source/basketball), and baseball.{{cite news |author= |title=Bob Carlson Named Auggie Grid Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-journal/158827027/ |newspaper=[Minneapolis Morning Tribune](/source/Minnesota_Star_Tribune) |location=[Minneapolis, Minnesota](/source/Minneapolis) |date=April 11, 1940 |page=21 |access-date=November 11, 2024 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) {{Open access}} }} Carlson died on December 9, 2000.{{cite news |author= |title=Obituaries & Funerals; Carlson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-obituary-for-carlson-robert/158826796/ |newspaper=[Star Tribune](/source/Minnesota_Star_Tribune) |location=[Minneapolis, Minnesota](/source/Minneapolis) |date=December 15, 2000 |page=B8 |access-date=November 11, 2024 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) {{Open access}} }} ==Head coaching record== ===Football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [Augsburg Auggies](/source/Augsburg_Auggies_football) | conf = [Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference](/source/Minnesota_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference) | startyear = 1940 | endyear = 1941 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [1940](/source/1940_college_football_season) | name = Augsburg | overall = 1–5 | conference = 0–4 | confstanding = 8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [1941](/source/1941_college_football_season) | name = Augsburg | overall = 1–6 | conference = 0–5 | confstanding = 8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [Augsburg Auggies](/source/Augsburg_Auggies_football) | conf = [Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference](/source/Minnesota_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference) | startyear = 1946 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [1946](/source/1946_college_football_season) | name = [Augsburg](/source/1946_Augsburg_Auggies_football_team) | overall = 1–6 | conference = 1–5 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Augsburg | overall = 3–17 | confrecord = 1–14 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [Wichita Shockers](/source/Wichita_State_Shockers_football) | conf = [Missouri Valley Conference](/source/Missouri_Valley_Conference) | startyear = 1951 | endyear = 1952 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [1951](/source/1951_college_football_season) | name = [Wichita](/source/1951_Wichita_Shockers_football_team) | overall = 2–7 | conference = 2–4 | confstanding = T–5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [1952](/source/1952_college_football_season) | name = [Wichita](/source/1952_Wichita_Shockers_football_team) | overall = 3–6 | conference = 0–3 | confstanding = 5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Wichita | overall = 5–13 | confrecord = 2–7 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 8–30–1 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Find a Grave}} {{navboxes|list= {{Augsburg Auggies football coach navbox}} {{Wichita State Shockers football coach navbox}} {{Wichita State Shockers baseball coach navbox}} {{1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football navbox}} }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlson, Bob}} Category:1913 births Category:2000 deaths Category:20th-century American educators Category:American football ends Category:Augsburg Auggies baseball coaches Category:Augsburg Auggies football coaches Category:Augsburg Auggies men's basketball coaches Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball players Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football coaches Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football players Category:Wichita State Shockers baseball coaches Category:Wichita State Shockers football coaches Category:High school baseball coaches in the United States Category:High school basketball coaches in Minnesota Category:High school football coaches in Minnesota Category:Sportspeople from Alexandria, Minnesota Category:Coaches of American football from Minnesota Category:Players of American football from Minnesota Category:Baseball coaches from Minnesota Category:Basketball coaches from Minnesota Category:Schoolteachers from Minnesota {{1940s-collegefootball-coach-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bob Carlson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Carlson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Carlson?action=history)). 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