Bob Seymour
{{Short description|American football player (1916–1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Bob Seymour
| position = Halfback
Fullback
| number = 20, 82
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|06|13}}
| birth_place = Wyandotte, Oklahoma, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1977|05|28|1916|06|13}}
| death_place = Golden, Colorado, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 205
| high_school = Commerce (OK)
| college = Oklahoma
| draftyear = 1940
| draftround = 10
| draftpick = 88
| pastteams =
- Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1940|1945}})
- Los Angeles Dons (1946)
| highlights =
- NFL champion (1942)
- Pro Bowl (1942)
- First-team All-Big Six (1939)
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards
| statvalue1 = 1,146
| statlabel2 = Rushing average
| statvalue2 = 3.2
| statlabel3 = Receptions
| statvalue3 = 55
| statlabel4 = Receiving yards
| statvalue4 = 629
| statlabel5 = Interceptions
| statvalue5 = 14
| statlabel6 = Total touchdowns
| statvalue6 = 20
| pfr = SeymBo20
}}
Robert Arnold Seymour (June 13, 1916 – May 28, 1977) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He was selected in the tenth round of the 1940 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1940 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1940/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Seymour also played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Los Angeles Dons. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma.
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" |
| colspan="2"| Legend |
|---|
| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|
| Won the NFL Championship |
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league |
| Bold
| Career high |
=Regular season=
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| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="5"| Rushing ! colspan="5"| Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |
| 1940 | WAS
| 9 || 0 || 57 || 170 || 3.0 || - || 4 || 2 || 3 || 1.5 || - || 0 | |||||||||||
| 1941 | WAS
| 10 || 2 || 62 || 137 || 2.2 || 17 || 2 || 6 || 85 || 14.2 || 41 || 2 | |||||||||||
| 1942 | style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"| WAS
| 11 || 1 || 54 || 190 || 3.5 || 18 || 1 || 3 || 20 || 6.7 || 12 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 1943 | WAS
| 10 || 2 || 65 || 232 || 3.6 || 40 || 0 || 17 || 167 || 9.8 || 32 || 2 | |||||||||||
| 1944 | WAS
| 10 || 7 || 92 || 315 || 3.4 || 35 || 3 || 19 || 263 || 13.8 || 71 || 3 | |||||||||||
| 1945 | WAS
| 10 || 2 || 30 || 102 || 3.4 || 23 || 2 || 8 || 91 || 11.4 || 27 || 1 | |||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 60 | 14 | 360 | 1,146 | 3.2 | 40 | 12 | 55 | 629 | 11.4 | 71 | 8 |
=Playoffs=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="5"| Rushing ! colspan="5"| Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |
| 1940 | WAS
| 1 || 0 || 4 || 16 || 4.0 || 16 || 0 || 1 || 7 || 7.0 || 7 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 1942 | style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"| WAS
| 1 || 0 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 14 || 41 || 2.9 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 1943 | WAS
| 2 || 0 || 7 || 8 || 1.1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 14 || 14.0 || 14 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 1945 | WAS
| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 8.0 || 8 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 1 | |||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 5 | 1 | 25 | 65 | 2.6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 14 | 1 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Footballstats |nfl=SEY692150 |ESPN= |cfl= |cbs= |si= |yahoo= |pfr=SeymBo20 }}
- {{Find a Grave|64126197}}
{{1942 Washington Redskins}}
{{Redskins1940DraftPicks}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seymour, Bob}}
Category:American football fullbacks
Category:American football halfbacks
Category:Denver Pioneers football coaches
Category:Los Angeles Dons players
Category:Oklahoma Sooners football players
Category:Washington Redskins players
Category:People from Commerce, Oklahoma
Category:Players of American football from Oklahoma
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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