Bob Bateman

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Bob Bateman
Vermont Catamounts
Position Quarterback
Class1976
Personal information
Born:(1954-02-15)February 15, 1954
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career history
College
  • Vermont (1974)
  • Brown (1975)
Career highlights and awards
  • UVM Hall of Fame

Robert Bateman (born February 15, 1954) was an American football player. He played quarterback for the Vermont Catamounts football team. [1] He "had the dual distinct of being UVM's last quarterback and perhaps the school's best." [2] He earned several awards "including All-Yankee Conference, All-ECAC, All-New England, and All-America." [3] He transferred to Brown. [4]

The Cincinnati Bengals selected him in seventh round of the 1976 NFL Draft. He played with the Bengals, the New England Patriots, and the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. [5]

He allegedly once played for UTEP under a pseudonym. [6]

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References

  1. "Vermont Passing Rips UR". Democrat and Chronicle. October 27, 1974.
  2. "Robert Bateman (1986) - University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame". University of Vermont Athletics.
  3. "Bateman, Looker, Leggett Named to All-Yankee Conference Squad". Burlington Free Press. November 25, 1974.
  4. White, Gordon S. Jr. (September 21, 1975). "Ivy League Football: Coaches Face Quarterback Drought and Brown Strength". The New York Times.
  5. "Bob Bateman football Statistics on StatsCrew.com". statscrew.com.
  6. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1975/10/30/flanders-fields-pthe-dream-recurs-plaguing/