Bob White (fullback)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1938)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Bob White

| image =

| caption =

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| number = 33

| position = Fullback

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|8|22}}

| birth_place = Portsmouth, Ohio, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 220

| high_school = Covington

| college = Ohio State

| draftyear = 1960

| draftround = 8

| draftpick = 91

| afldraftyear = 1960

| afldraftround = 1
Pick: First Selections
(by the Houston Oilers)

| pastteams =

• Houston Oilers (1960)

| highlights =

• AFL champion (1960)
• National champion (1957)
• Consensus All-American (1958)
• First-team All-Big Ten (1958)
• Second-team All-Big Ten (1957)

| pfr = W/WhitBo22

}}

Loren Robert White (born August 22, 1938) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes in the late 1950s. White played fullback and linebacker on defense.{{cite book |author=Park, Jack |title=Ohio State Football Encyclopedia: National Championship Edition |publisher=Sports Publishing |location=Champaign, IL |year=2003 |isbn=1-58261-695-7 }} In 1957, he and the Buckeyes won the Big Ten Conference outright and won the 1958 Rose Bowl, 10–7, over Oregon.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=945491&SPID=10408&SPSID=87751 |title=1957 National Championship |publisher=OhioStateBuckeyes.com |access-date=2008-09-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311104335/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml |archive-date=2010-03-11 }} In 1958, he led in scoring and rushing for the Buckeyes.{{cite web |url=http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Rose_1958.htm |title=The Rose Bowl 1958 |access-date=2008-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194923/http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Rose_1958.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}

In 1958, White was named First-team All-American.{{cite web |url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/fls/17300//pdf/fb/m-footbl-all-american.pdf?SPSID=87751&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300 |title=Ohio State First-team All-Americans |access-date=2008-05-01 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was also named Academic All-American Player of the Year in 1958.{{cite web |url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=945479&SPID=10408&SPSID=87751 |title=Academic Honors - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site |work=OhioStateBuckeyes.com |access-date=2008-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311104335/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml |archive-date=2010-03-11 }} In 1957, 1958, and 1959 he was named an Ohio State Academic All-Big Ten Honoree. In 1958 White placed 4th as the Buckeyes Heisman Trophy finalist.{{cite web |url=http://www.centralohionews.com/ohiostate/football/legacy/heisman/runnerup.html |title=Ohio State Football Heisman Finalists |work=Central Ohio News |access-date=2008-10-09}}

In his only NFL season, White played just six games.