Bob Carlson
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 6, 1913 Alexandria, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | December 9, 2000 (aged 87) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota (1938) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1935–1936 | Minnesota |
| Baseball | |
| 1937 | Minnesota |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1937 | Minnesota (B team) |
| 1938–1939 | Glenwood HS (MN) |
| 1940–1941 | Augsburg |
| 1946 | Augsburg |
| 1949–1950 | Wichita (freshmen) |
| 1951–1952 | Wichita |
| Basketball | |
| 1938–1940 | Glenwood HS (MN) |
| 1940–? | Augsburg (assistant) |
| Baseball | |
| 1939–1940 | Glenwood HS (MN) |
| 1941–? | Augsburg (assistant) |
| 1951 | Wichita |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–30–1 (college football) 1–4 (college baseball) |
Robert Stewart Carlson (August 6, 1913 – December 9, 2000) was an American college football and college baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Augsburg College from 1940 to 1941 and again in 1946 and at the Municipal University of Wichita—now Wichita State University—from 1951 to 1952, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 8–30–1.
Carlson played football at the University of Minnesota as an end in 1935 and 1936, on teams coached by Bernie Bierman. In 1937, he coached the "B" football team at Minnesota. After graduating from University of Minnesota, Carlson was hired, in 1938, as coach at Glennwood High School in Glenwood, Minnesota, where he also taught physical education. In 1940, he was hired by Augsburg College as head football coach and assistant coach in basketball, and baseball.
Carlson died on December 9, 2000.