Bob Carmody (American football)

Bob Carmody
Biographical details
Born1870
Died(1899-12-31)December 31, 1899
Sayre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1891Fordham
1892–1893Georgetown
Baseball
c.1893Georgetown
Position(s)End, fullback, halfback (football)
Pitcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1894Georgetown
1897Fordham
Head coaching record
Overall7–7–1

Robert Francis Carmody (1870 – December 31, 1899) was an American college football player and coach, college baseball player, and physician. He served as the head football coach at Georgetown University in 1894 and co-head football coach at Fordham University in 1897 with Frederick Shaeffer, compiling a career head coaching record of 7–7–1.

Carmody played football at Fordham as a halfback. At Georgetown, he played at fullback and end, and was captain of the 1892 Georgetown football team. Carmody was also a pitcher for the Georgetown Hoyas baseball team. In 1896, he was a resident physician at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pennsylvania. Carmody died at the age of 29, on December 31, 1899, at his home in Sayre. He had suffered from Bright's disease.