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rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Bob Higgins (American football)
rdfs:comment
  • Higgins played at Penn State from 1914 to 1916, and was named an All-American in 1915. After spending World War I in the service, he returned to captain Penn State, earning All-America honors again in 1919. In a 20–0 victory over Pittsburgh that season, Higgins caught a pass from Walter Hess and turned it into a thrilling 92-yard touchdown and was immortalized in Knute Rockne's "Great Football Plays."
owl:sameAs
bowloutcome
  • T
  • W
CFbDWID
  • 1061
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CFBHOF year
  • 1954
Poll
  • AP
EndYear
  • 1924
  • 1927
  • 1948
  • single
Birth Date
  • 1894-11-24
player years
  • 1914
  • 1920
death place
Legend
  • no
overall record
  • 123
Name
Type
  • coach
bowl record
  • 1
Sport
CFBHOF id
  • 30144
Conference
  • no
LCCN
  • no/96/009091
Ranking
  • 4
  • 18
  • 19
  • no
Alternative Names
  • Higgins, Robert A.
hiddencols
  • 5
Overall
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 24
  • 91
  • 123
Date of Death
  • 1969-06-06
player teams
Birth Place
coach years
  • 1925
  • 1928
  • 1930
  • 19201922
VIAF
  • 6981982
conf
  • no
StartYear
  • 1920
  • 1922
  • 1925
  • 1930
Awards
death date
  • 1969-06-06
polltype
  • Rankings from final AP Poll
Place of Birth
  • Corning, New York
coach teams
Place of death
  • State College, Pennsylvania
ID
  • 30144
bowlname
bcs
  • no
Date of Birth
  • 1894-11-24
Short Description
  • American football player
player positions
Year
  • 1920
  • 1922
  • 1923
  • 1924
  • 1925
  • 1926
  • 1927
  • 1930
  • 1931
  • 1932
  • 1933
  • 1934
  • 1935
  • 1936
  • 1937
  • 1938
  • 1939
  • 1940
  • 1941
  • 1942
  • 1943
  • 1944
  • 1945
  • 1946
  • 1947
  • 1948
abstract
  • Higgins played at Penn State from 1914 to 1916, and was named an All-American in 1915. After spending World War I in the service, he returned to captain Penn State, earning All-America honors again in 1919. In a 20–0 victory over Pittsburgh that season, Higgins caught a pass from Walter Hess and turned it into a thrilling 92-yard touchdown and was immortalized in Knute Rockne's "Great Football Plays."