Robert Martin "Bob" Novogratz (born March 28, 1937) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player. He played

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at the

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and

linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...

positions for the Army Cadets football team from 1957 to 1958. He was selected by the

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as a first-team guard on its

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. He also won the

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as the outstanding lineman of the 1958 college football season. The Army football team compiled a 15-2-1 record during his two seasons with the team. He is the father of

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, Robert Jr. and

Jacqueline Novogratz Jacqueline Novogratz (born 1961) is an American entrepreneur and author. She is the founder and CEO of Acumen, a nonprofit global venture capital fund whose goal is to use entrepreneurial approaches to address global poverty. Early life Novogra ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Novogratz, Bob 1937 births Living people Puerto Rican players of American football American football guards Army Black Knights football players