Robert Alexander Ravensberg (October 20, 1925 – February 12, 2007) was an

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player. Ravensberg was born in

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, where his family operated a diner. He was a two-time Kentucky high school

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champion who set a state record in the event. He enrolled at

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s in football in 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1947. He was a starter on Indiana's 1945 team, the school's only undefeated and outright

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championship team. In 1945, he was selected as a consensus first-team All-American football player at the

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position.Consensus All-American designations based on th
NCAA guide to football award winners
After graduating from Indiana, Ravensberg played two seasons of professional football in the

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(NFL) for the

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from 1948 to 1949. He was an assistant football coach at Indiana from 1950 to 1951.

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