Bob Novogratz

{{Short description|American football player (born 1937)}}

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|name = Bob Novogratz

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|currentposition = Guard, Linebacker

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|3|28|mf=y}}

|birth_place = Northampton, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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|school = Army Black Knights

|pastschools = United States Military Academy (1957–1958)

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|class = Graduate

|highlights =

• First-team All-American (1958)
• First-team All-Eastern (1958)
• Second-team All-Eastern (1957)

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Robert Martin "Bob" Novogratz (born March 28, 1937) is a former American football player. He played college football at the guard and linebacker positions for the Army Cadets football team from 1957 to 1958.{{cite news|title=Bob Novogratz Top Rated by Army Coaches|newspaper=The New London, Conn., Evening Day|date=November 5, 1958|page=25|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19581101&id=PfEgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FHQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2114,506520}} He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) as a first-team guard on its 1958 College Football All-America Team.{{cite web|title=FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team|editor=Ted Gangi|accessdate=February 8, 2015|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304073432/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|url-status=dead}} He also won the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as the outstanding lineman of the 1958 college football season.{{cite news|title=Touchdown Club Pick Army's Bob Novogratz|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=January 11, 1959|page=29|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19590110&id=SHkcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CmUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1459,1727726}} The Army football team compiled a 15-2-1 record during his two seasons with the team.{{cite web|title=Bob Novogratz Hall of Fame Bio|publisher=Army Athletics|accessdate=February 16, 2015|url=http://www.goarmysports.com/genrel/051811aak.html}} He is the father of Mike, Robert Jr. and Jacqueline Novogratz.