Robert B. Redman

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Robert B. Redman

| image = Robert B. Redman.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|9|6}}

| birth_place = Sayre, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|6|9|1908|9|6}}

| death_place = East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = late 1920s

| player_team2 = Swarthmore

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1947–1951

| coach_team2 = Bloomsburg

| coach_years3 = 1952–1955

| coach_team3 = East Orange HS (NJ)

| coach_sport4 = Baseball

| coach_years5 = 1953–1956

| coach_team5 = East Orange HS (NJ)

| overall_record = 38–4 (college football)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = 3 PSTCC (1948–1949, 1951)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Robert Brittain Redman (September 6, 1908 – June 9, 1960)[http://www.mocavo.com/Robert-Redman-1908-1960-Social-Security-Death-Index/04298282045708755502 Robert Redman (1908-1960), Social Security Death Index] was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and educator. He served as the head football coach at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1951, compiling a record of 38–4 and winning three Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference titles (1948, 1949, and 1951). After leaving Bloomsburg, Redman coached football and baseball at East Orange High School in East Orange, New Jersey from 1952 to 1956. He served as the principal there from 1956 until 1960, when he was named superintendent of schools. Before assuming that role, Redman died of a heart attack at the age of 51 on June 9, 1960.{{cite news |title=Robert B. Redman Dead; East Orange High Principal Was to Head Schools Aug. 1 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1960/06/10/99499554.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 10, 1960 |access-date=September 14, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://library.bloomu.edu/Archives/football/TheRedmanEra.html |title=The Redman Era |first=Robert |last=Dunkelberger |publisher=Bloomsburg University Archives |access-date=September 14, 2011}} Bloomsburg's home football stadium, Robert B. Redman Stadium, was named for the coach when it opened in 1974.

Head coaching record

=College football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Bloomsburg Huskies

| conf = Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference

| startyear = 1947

| endyear = 1951

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1947

| name = Bloomsburg

| overall = 6–2

| conference = 5–2

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1948

| name = Bloomsburg

| overall = 9–0

| conference = 6–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1949

| name = Bloomsburg

| overall = 8–1

| conference = 6–0

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1950

| name = Bloomsburg

| overall = 7–1

| conference = 6–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1951

| name = Bloomsburg

| overall = 8–0

| conference = 7–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Bloomsburg

| overall = 38–4

| confrecord = 30–3

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 38–4

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

}}

References

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