Bob Skoglund

{{Short description|American football player (1925–1949)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Bob Skoglund

| image = Bob Skoglund - 1948 Bowman.jpg

| caption = Skoglund on a 1948 Bowman football card

| number = 52

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|07|29}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|01|1|1925|07|29}}

| death_place = Evanston, Illinois, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 198

| high_school = Chicago (IL) Loyola

| college = Notre Dame

| draftyear = 1947

| draftround = 13

| draftpick = 111

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 9

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 1

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = SkogBo20

}}

Robert W. Skoglund (July 29, 1925 – January 1, 1949) was a professional American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL).

Skoglund was born in Chicago, Illinois. He starred at Loyola Academy in Chicago, Illinois,{{cite web|url=https://www.goramblers.org/list-detail?pk=89463|title=1909-1957|publisher=Loyola Academy|accessdate=August 27, 2019}} before attending the University of Notre Dame. A 6'1" end, he participated in the 1945 and 1946 East-West Shrine Games and earned three letters with the Fighting Irish. He later played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1947 NFL season.{{Cite web | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SkogBo20.htm | website = Pro-Football-Reference.com | title = Bob Skoglund | access-date = December 12, 2023 }} Skoglund died in 1949.{{Cite web | url = https://www.goramblers.org/list-detail---hall-of-fame?pk=109145 | title = Robert Skoglund '43 (1985) | access-date = December 12, 2023 | website = GoRamblers.org}}

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