Bob Bateman

{{Short description|American football quarterback (born 1954)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college football player

|school=Vermont Catamounts

|birth_date={{birth date|1954|2|15}}

|currentposition=Quarterback

|pastschools=

• Vermont (1974)
• Brown (1975)

|height_ft=6

|height_in=5

|class=1976

|highlights=

• UVM Hall of Fame

}}

Robert Bateman (born February 15, 1954) was an American football player. He played quarterback for the Vermont Catamounts football team.{{cite news|url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-batembob001|date=October 27, 1974|work=Democrat and Chronicle|title=Vermont Passing Rips UR}} He "had the dual distinct of being UVM's last quarterback and perhaps the school's best."{{Cite web|url=https://uvmathletics.com/honors/university-of-vermont-athletic-hall-of-fame/robert-bateman/157|title=Robert Bateman (1986) - University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame|website=University of Vermont Athletics}} He earned several awards "including All-Yankee Conference, All-ECAC, All-New England, and All-America."{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press/14518588/|title=Bateman, Looker, Leggett Named to All-Yankee Conference Squad|date=November 25, 1974|work=Burlington Free Press}} He transferred to Brown.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/21/archives/ivy-league-football-coaches-face-quarterback-drought-and-brown.html|title=Ivy League Football: Coaches Face Quarterback Drought and Brown Strength|first=Gordon S. Jr.|last=White|date=September 21, 1975|work=The New York Times}}

The Cincinnati Bengals selected him in seventh round of the 1976 NFL draft. He played with the Bengals, the New England Patriots, and the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-batembob001|title=Bob Bateman football Statistics on StatsCrew.com|website=statscrew.com}}

He allegedly once played for UTEP under a pseudonym.https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1975/10/30/flanders-fields-pthe-dream-recurs-plaguing/