Robert Will

Award ceremony 1948: (from left to right) Morgan, Westlund, Martin, Will, Giovanelli

Robert "Bob" Ide Will (born April 20, 1925 in Seattle ; † October 14, 2019 there ) was an American rower.

The Washington Huskies , Sports Team of the University of Washington , with coach Al Ulbrickson had at the Olympic Games in 1936 the victorious roller set. In 1948, the eighth Huskies lost to the Berkeley boat at the US student championships. For the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , however, the four-man with the helmsman of the huskies with Warren Westlund , Robert Martin , Robert Will, Gordon Giovanelli and helmsman Allen Morgan qualified . The crew won both in the preliminary run, in the intermediate run and in the semi-finals by a clear margin. In the final, the Americans won with three seconds ahead of Switzerland, bronze went to the Danish boat.

After completing his studies, Robert Will worked as a car dealer for European brands.

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Robert Will in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Will, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Will, Robert Ide (full name); Will, Bob (short name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American rower
DATE OF BIRTH	April 20, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seattle
DATE OF DEATH	October 14, 2019
Place of death	Seattle