Robert Stewart Carlson (6 August 1913 – 9 December 2000) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Augsburg College from 1940 to 1941 and again in 1946 and at the Municipal University of Wichita—now Wichita State University—from 1951 to 1952, compiling a career college football record of 8–30–1.
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 August 1913[1] Alexandria, Minnesota, U.S.[1][2] |
| Died | 9 December 2000 (aged 87)[3] Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota (1938)[4] |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1936–1937 | Minnesota |
| Baseball | |
| 1937 | Minnesota |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1940–1941 | Augsburg |
| 1946 | Augsburg |
| 1949–1950 | Wichita (freshmen) |
| 1951–1952 | Wichita |
| Baseball | |
| 1951 | Wichita |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–30–1 (football) 1–4 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
Head coaching record edit
Football edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augsburg Auggies (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1940–1941) | |||||||||
| 1940 | Augsburg | 1–5 | 0–4 | 8th | |||||
| 1941 | Augsburg | 1–6 | 0–5 | 8th | |||||
| Augsburg Auggies (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1946) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Augsburg | 1–6 | 1–5 | 7th | |||||
| Augsburg: | 3–17 | 1–14 | |||||||
| Wichita Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1951–1952) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Wichita | 2–7 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1952 | Wichita | 3–6 | 0–3 | 5th | |||||
| Wichita: | 5–13 | 2–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–30–1 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908–2017
- ^ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947
- ^ "Carlson, Robert S.". Minneapolis Star Tribune. 15 December 2000. p. 54. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Beaver Valley Times - Google News Archive Search".
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