Bob Garbark

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Bob Garbark
Catcher
Born: (1909-11-13)November 13, 1909 Houston, Texas
Died: August 15, 1990(1990-08-15) (aged 80) Meadville, Pennsylvania
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 3, 1934 for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
August 19, 1945 for the Boston Red Sox
Career statistics
Batting average	.248
Hits	81
RBI	28
Teams
Cleveland Indians (1934–1935) Chicago Cubs (1937–1939) Philadelphia Athletics (1944) Boston Red Sox (1945)

Robert Michael "Bob" Garbark (November 13, 1909 – August 15, 1990) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played Major League Baseball as a catcher with the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Athletics, and Boston Red Sox. Garbark made his Major League debut on September 3, 1934 with the Indians. Garbark's brother, Mike, also played professionally and had the same batting average (.261) as Bob in 1944.

Garbark coached baseball as his alma mater, Allegheny College, for 32 seasons (1947–1978), compiling a record of 282–201–3. He also coached football for a season at Allegheny in 1946, tallying a mark of 1–6, and basketball at the school for 19 seasons, from 1943 to 1962, amassing a record of 125–204. Garbark played on the football team at Alleghany as a fullback from 1929 to 1932. He was captain of the football team in 1931 and co-captain in 1932.^[1]

References

↑ "Bob Garbark Named Coach at Allegheny". The Beaver County Times. April 9, 1946. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Garbark at Baseball almanac
Bob Garbark at the College Football Data Warehouse

Allegheny Gators head football coaches

No coach (1893–1894)
No team (1895)
No coach (1896)
Charles N. Crosby (1897)
Martin Smallwood (1898)
Alonzo G. Brown (1899)
Fred E. Heckel (1900)
Edward N. Eisenberg (1901)
William C. Whelan (1902)
Walter E. Bachman (1903)
Branch Rickey (1904–1905)
Clifford B. Lewis (1906)
H. J. Sheets (1907–1908)
E. J. Stewart (1909–1910)
David L. Dunlap (1911–1912)
Charles Hammett (1913–1917)
Carl A. Gilbert (1918)
Charles Hammett (1919)
Clarence Applegran (1920)
Herb McCracken (1921–1923)
Tom Davies (1924–1925)
Mel Merritt (1926–1928)
Harry W. Crum (1929–1931)
Waldo S. Tippin (1932–1934)
Karl J. Lawrence (1935–1940)
Alfred C. Werner (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Bob Garbark (1946)
Bill Daddio (1947–1951)
David C. Henderson (1952–1953)
William R. Moore (1954–1957)
John R. Chuckran (1958–1969)
Sam T. Timer (1970–1983)
Robert Wolfe (1984–1985)
Peter Vaas (1986–1989)
Ken O'Keefe (1990–1997)
Blair Hrovat (1998–2001)
Mark Matlak (2002– )

Persondata
Name	Garbark, Bob
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	November 13, 1909
Place of birth	Houston, Texas
Date of death	August 15, 1990
Place of death	Meadville, Pennsylvania

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