{{Short description|American bridge and football player (born 1945)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Use American English|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Bob Etter | image = Etter-Bob-1972.jpg | caption = Etter in 1972 | number = 3 | position = Placekicker | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|8|8|mf=y}} | birth_place = Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 157 | high_school = Chattanooga Central | college = Georgia (1963-1966) | undraftedyear = 1968 | pastteams = * Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1968|1969}}) * Memphis Southmen (1974-1975) | highlights = * Pro Bowl (1969) * First-team All-SEC (1966) * Florida–Georgia Hall of Fame | statlabel1 = Field goals | statvalue1 = 26/51 | statlabel2 = Field goal % | statvalue2 = 51.0 | statlabel3 = Longest field goal | statvalue3 = 42 | statlabel4 = Extra points | statvalue4 = 50/52 | pfr = EtteBo20 }}
'''Robert Glenn Etter''' (born August 8, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and World Football League (WFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs. He played professionally for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons in 1968 and 1969, and the Memphis Southmen of the WFL in 1974 and 1975.
Etter later became an American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master.
==Biography==
Etter was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
He was a professor of mathematics at California State University, Sacramento for 32 years. He met his wife when she was a student in his class.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shearer |first=John |title=Bob Etter: Central Grad Has Shined Over The Years As A Kicker, Bridge Player |website=The Chattanoogan |url=https://www.chattanoogan.com/2018/11/29/380688/Bob-Etter-Central-Grad-Has-Shined.aspx |date=November 29, 2019 |access-date=December 17, 2024}}</ref>
==Bridge career==
Etter is an American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master. With nearly 19,000 lifetime masterpoints as of February 2015 he ranks 118th and about 90th among living Grand Masters.<ref>[https://web3.acbl.org/mpraces/?year=2015&race=GLM&showDeceased=Y "Grand Life Masters"] database view. ''Masterpoint Races – Last Updated February 6, 2015''. ACBL. Retrieved 2015-02-08.</ref> In 1981 and 1998 he won high-level {{gcb|team|teams-of-four}} tournaments that are sometimes called "national championships" in the U.S.
===Wins=== * North American Bridge Championships (2)<ref>[https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinnersbyname?name=Bob+Etter "Bob Etter"] database view. ''NABC Winners – by Name''. ACBL. Retrieved 2015-02-08.</ref> ** North American Swiss Teams (1) 1981 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1998
===Runners-up=== * North American Bridge Championships (4) ** North American Men's Swiss Teams (1) 1982 ** Master Mixed Teams (1) 1986 ** Open Pairs II (1) 2006 ** NABC+ Fast Open Pairs (1) 2009 <!-- he must play quickly capably :-) -->
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/EtteBo20.htm Bob Etter] at Pro Football Reference
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