Bob St. Clair
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Position (s): Offensive tackle |
Jersey number (s): 79 |
| born on February 18, 1931 in San Francisco , California | |
| died on April 20, 2015 in Santa Rosa , California | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1953 - 1963 | |
| NFL Draft : 1953 / Round: 3 / Pick: 32 | |
| College : University of San Francisco , University of Tulsa | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Years of play | 11 |
| Games | 119 |
| Fumbles secured | 7th |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
Robert Bruce "Bob" St. Clair (born February 18, 1931 in San Francisco , California , † April 20, 2015 in Santa Rosa , California), nickname : "The Geek", was an American American football player the position of the offensive tackle . He played for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven years .
Player career
college
Bob St. Clair graduated from the University of San Francisco . There he played as an offensive tackle for the college football team . Numerous later professional players such as Dick Stanfel or Gino Marchetti played in the team and in 1951 the team remained unbeaten in the season. This would normally have meant entitlement to participate in the Orange Bowl . Since those in charge of this game insisted that the team from San Francisco compete without their dark-skinned players, which would also have meant the expulsion of the future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Ollie Matson , the team decided to refuse to participate in the bowl game . Immediately after the season, the college football team was disbanded and St. Clair moved to the University of Tulsa . He was elected league selection player for the team of his new college. In his senior year of study, he graduated with an administration degree .
NFL
Bob St. Clair was drafted in the third round in 1953 by the San Francisco 49ers in 32nd place . The 49ers offered St. Clair an annual salary of $ 5,500 , and after long negotiations they agreed to raise the salary by $ 500. Coach of the 49ers was Buck Shaw , who used St. Clair in his rookie season in the offense of the team to protect quarterback Y. A. Tittle and as a blocker for running back Hugh McElhenny . In his first season, St. Clair broke a transverse process, but still ended the season without missing a game. In 1957, he sustained another serious injury to his shoulder. Although he was still on the pitch in the game after the injury, he had to sit out the following eight games. In the same year, St. Clair was able to move into the play-offs with his team , but where they failed at the Detroit Lions with 31:27. St. Clair had to end the 1962 season prematurely with a torn Achilles tendon . Although such an injury made it much more difficult to continue a career, he returned to the field, but had to retire after a further tear of the Achilles tendon in preparation for the 1964 season.
Bob St. Clair played in the NFL for eleven years. Due to his height, St. Clair was not only used in the offense of the team. He also found time in the special teams of the 49ers and was able to block ten field goals in 1956. St. Clair could not win a title during his career.
After the playing career
St. Clair was mayor of Daly City from 1958 to 1961 during his playing career . He worked in the San Mateo County administration from 1966 to 1974 and ran a liquor store near San Francisco. Bob St. Clair was married and lived in Santa Rosa , California , where he died on April 20, 2015, at the age of 84, as a result of health complications following a hip fracture . He found his final resting place in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Santa Rose.
Honors
Bob St. Clair played five times in the Pro Bowl , the final game of the best players of the season. He has been elected All-Pro nine times and is a member of the NFL 1950s All-Decade Team , the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame . His back number is no longer assigned to the 49ers. In 2001, those in charge of the city of San Francisco named the field of Kezar Stadium , the former home of the 49ers and the University of San Francisco, after St. Clair.
Web links
- CV I.
- CV II (PDF; 34 kB)
- Bob St. Clair in the San Francisco 49ers
- Robert St. Clair in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual statistics of the 49ers 1957
- ↑ Richard Goldstein: Bob St. Clair, Towering 49ers Tackle in the Hall of Fame, Dies at 84. In: The New York Times, April 21, 2015 (accessed April 24, 2015).
- ^ Hall of Famer Bob St. Clair dies at 84
- ↑ Chris Wesseling: Niners' Hall of Fame tackle Bob St. Clair dies at 84th Around the NFL. In: nfl.com. National Football League, April 20, 2015, accessed April 21, 2015 : “San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame offensive tackle Bob St. Clair died Monday night following a brief illness, the Pro Football Hall of Fame told NFL Media. He was 84 years old. "
- ^ Tomb of Bob St. Clair in the Find a Grave database
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | St. Clair, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | St. Clair, Robert Bruce (real name); The Geek (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 2015 |
| Place of death | Santa Rosa , California , United States |