Bob_Haak_(American_football)
Bob Haak (American football)
American football player (1916–1992)
Robert Ally Haak (March 26, 1916 – November 1, 1992) was an American football player.
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| Position: | Guard, tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1916-03-26)March 26, 1916 Hammond, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died: | November 1, 1992(1992-11-01) (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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| Player stats at PFR | |
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]
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]
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]
- "State Champions". IndianaMat.
- "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 2023-03-27.
- Langhammer, Jay (Fall 1985). "Sigma Pis in Pro Football" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 74, no. 3. p. 21.
- "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.