Bob Paffrath

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1918–2005)}}

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

{{Use American English|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Bob Paffrath

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|7|3}}

| birth_place = Mankato, Minnesota, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|5|21|1918|7|3}}

| death_place = Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.

| team =

| number =

| status = Retired

| import = yes

| position1 = Halfback

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 190

| college = Minnesota

| NFLDraftedYear = 1941

| NFLDraftedRound = 3

| NFLDraftedPick = 21

| NFLDraftedTeam = Green Bay Packers

| playing_years1 = 1946

| playing_team1 = Miami Seahawks

| playing_years2 = 1946

| playing_team2 = Brooklyn Dodgers

| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1946}}

| playing_team3 = Ottawa Rough Riders

| playing_years4 = 1947

| playing_team4 = Toronto Indians

| playing_years5 = {{CFL Year|1948}}–{{CFL Year|1949}}

| playing_team5 = Ottawa Rough Riders

| playing_years6 = {{CFL Year|1950}}–{{CFL Year|1952}}

| playing_team6 = Edmonton Eskimos

| career_highlights =

• National champion (1940)

| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1947}}–{{CFL Year|1951}}

| awards = 1947 - Imperial Oil Trophy

}}

Robert William Paffrath{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PaffBo20.htm|title=Bob Paffrath|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=2011-08-20}} (July 3, 1918 – May 21, 2005) was an American professional football player who was a halfback. He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 1941 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1941 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1941/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

He took time away from football to serve in the US Army Air Forces during World War II, where he was a private first class - though he played football while in the Army too.

He played for the Miami Seahawks and the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, and for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/bobpaffrath/2522654/profile|title=Bob Paffrath|publisher=National Football League|accessdate=2011-08-20}} Paffrath also played one year in the Ontario Rugby Football Union with the Toronto Indians, where he was MVP.