Bob Thalman

Bob Thalman
	Thalman pictured in Kaleidoscope 1960, Hampden-Sydney yearbook
Biographical details
Born	November 5, 1922; Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.
Died	January 31, 2012 (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
Overall	80–103–4 (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.

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[edit]

College football[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Hampden–Sydney Tigers (Mason–Dixon Conference) (1956–1959)
1956	Hampden–Sydney	7–2	3–1	2nd
1957	Hampden–Sydney	8–1	4–0	1st
1958	Hampden–Sydney	6–3	3–1	2nd
1959	Hampden–Sydney	5–3–1	2–1–1	T–2nd
Hampden–Sydney:		26–9–1	12–3–1
VMI Keydets (Southern Conference) (1971–1984)
1971	VMI	1–10	1–4	6th
1972	VMI	2–9	1–5	6th
1973	VMI	3–8	2–4	6th
1974	VMI	7–4	5–1	1st
1975	VMI	3–8	2–4	T–6th
1976	VMI	5–5	2–3	5th
1977	VMI	7–4	4–1	T–1st
1978	VMI	3–8	0–4	6th
1979	VMI	6–4–1	4–1	2nd
1980	VMI	3–7–1	1–4–1	6th
1981	VMI	6–3–1	3–1–1	2nd
1982	VMI	5–6	2–3	6th
1983	VMI	2–9	1–5	6th
1984	VMI	1–9	1–4	8th
VMI:		54–94–3	29–44–2
Total:		80–103–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Bob Thalman at Find a Grave

[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 .

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