// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Bob Fosdick? A stick above the rest.
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| Positions | Guard, tackle | ||||
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| Born | November 11, 1894 Knoxville, Iowa | ||||
| Died | January 30, 1990 (aged 95) Tucson, Arizona | ||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||
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| High school | West (IA) | ||||
| College | Iowa | ||||
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Robert Everett Fosdick (November 11, 1894 – January 30, 1990) was an American football player.
Fosdick was born in Knoxville, Iowa, in 1894. He attended high school in Des Moines, Iowa. He played college football at Iowa from 1914 to 1916.[1]
He served in the Army during World War I and played professional football for the Rock Island Independents from 1918 to 1920.[2] He also played as a guard and tackle for the Minneapolis Marines from 1920 to 1922.[2][1] The Marines were part of the National Football League (NFL) in 1923, and Fosdick appeared in five NFL games, all as a starter, during the 1923 season.[3]
After his football career ended, Fosdick owned a realty company in Minneapolis. He moved to Arizona in 1983 and died in 1990 in Tucson, Arizona, at age 95.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Bob Fosdick". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
- 1 2 3 "Robert Fosdick; owned realty firm and played pro football". Star Tribune. February 9, 1990. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bob Fosdick". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 13, 2020.