Bob Thalman

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Bob Thalman
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Thalman pictured in Kaleidoscope 1960, Hampden-Sydney yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1922-11-05)November 5, 1922
Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.
DiedJanuary 31, 2012(2012-01-31) (aged 89)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1946 Richmond
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
?–1952 Norview HS (VA) (line)
1953–1955 Hampden–Sydney (assistant)
1956–1959 Hampden–Sydney
1960–1966 North Carolina (assistant)
1967–1968 Georgia Tech (off. backs)
1969–1970 VMI (defensive assistant)
1971–1984 VMI
Track
?–1953 Norview HS (VA)
1953–? Hampden–Sydney
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1956–? Hampden–Sydney
Head coaching record
Overall80–103–4 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 Mason–Dixon (1957)
1 Virginia Little Eight (1957)
2 SoCon (1974, 1977)

Robert Joseph Thalman (November 5, 1922 – January 31, 2012) [1] was an American football and track coach. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1956 to 1959 and at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from 1971 to 1984, compiling a career college football record of 80–103–4. He led the VMI Keydets to Southern Conference championships in 1974 and 1977. Thalman played football at the University of Richmond, from which he graduated in 1948.

Contents

Thalman was the line coach in football and head track coach at Norview High School in Norfolk, Virginia until he was hired, in 1953, to be an assistant football coach at head track coach at Hampden–Sydney. [2]

Head coaching record

College football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Hampden–Sydney Tigers (Mason–Dixon Conference)(1956–1959)
1956 Hampden–Sydney7–23–12nd
1957 Hampden–Sydney8–14–01st
1958 Hampden–Sydney6–33–12nd
1959 Hampden–Sydney5–3–12–1–1T–2nd
Hampden–Sydney:26–9–112–3–1
VMI Keydets (Southern Conference)(1971–1984)
1971 VMI 1–101–46th
1972 VMI 2–91–56th
1973 VMI 3–82–46th
1974 VMI 7–45–11st
1975 VMI 3–82–4T–6th
1976 VMI 5–52–35th
1977 VMI 7–44–1T–1st
1978 VMI 3–80–46th
1979 VMI 6–4–14–12nd
1980 VMI 3–7–11–4–16th
1981 VMI 6–3–13–1–12nd
1982 VMI 5–62–36th
1983 VMI 2–91–56th
1984 VMI 1–91–48th
VMI:54–94–329–44–2
Total:80–103–4
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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The 1979 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their ninth year under head coach Bob Thalman, the team compiled an overall record of 6–4–1 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the SoCon.

The 1980 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their tenth year under head coach Bob Thalman, the team compiled an overall record of 3–7–1 with a mark of 1–4–1 in conference play, placing sixth in the SoCon.

The 1983 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 13th year under head coach Bob Thalman, the team compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the SoCon.

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The 1985 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first year under head coach Eddie Williamson, the team compiled an overall record of 3–7–1 with a mark of 1–4–1 in conference play, placing seventh in the SoCon. Williamson was hired from Georgia in December 1984 to succeed Bob Thalman as head coach of the Keydets.

References

  1. ↑ "Ex-VMI Coach Thalman Dies At Age 89". The News-Gazette. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Bob Thalman Coach At Sydney College". Beckley Post-Herald. Beckley, West Virginia. July 14, 1953. p. 7. Retrieved October 15, 2019– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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