Bob Waters American football player

Robert (Bob) Lee Waters (June 22, 1938 – May 29, 1989) was a successful American football coach and athletics director, best known for his contributions to athletics at Western Carolina University. Waters coached the football Catamounts for 20 football seasons (1969 through 1988), and performed the dual role of athletic director from 1971–1986. According to Western Carolina, "the evolution and success of the school's athletic programs, especially its football program, during that period can be attributed largely to his talents and personality". Waters retired from coaching in March 1989 due to the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). He died on May 29, 1989, at the age of 50 following a six-year battle with the disease.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 22, 1938
Birth place
Millen Georgia
Date of deathMay 29, 1989

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American football player

Career start1960
Career end1963
Draft pick83
Draft round7
Draft year1960
Position
Quarterback
teams
San Francisco 49ers
Stanford University
Presbyterian College
Western Carolina Catamounts football

Bob Waters on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://sd.pikes.org/306/sd306_7.pdf