Robert Edgar Brodhead was an American gridiron football player, executive, and college athletics administrator.
16 Facts About Bob Brodhead
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Bob Brodhead was the athletic director at Louisiana State University from 1982 to 1987.
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Bob Brodhead attended Duke University, where he played quarterback on the Duke Blue Devils football team.
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Bob Brodhead was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 1958 but went on active duty in the armed services before being able to join the Browns.
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Bob Brodhead returned to the team during training camp in 1959, but was cut from the team.
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Bob Brodhead instead played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League that year, as backup to Don Allard.
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Bob Brodhead played one season, in 1960, for the Bills, starting one game and scoring two points before having a brief stint with the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos.
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Bob Brodhead led the Bulldogs to the Continental Football League title in 1966 with a win over the Orlando Panthers, and then, at age 29, was named business manager of the Cleveland Browns.
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Bob Brodhead remained with the Browns until 1970, when he was named general manager of the Houston Oilers.
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Bob Brodhead later became the CFO of the Miami Dolphins before heading to LSU as athletic director in 1981.
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Bob Brodhead was hired by LSU for his financial acumen after deposed athletic director Paul Dietzel created a million-dollar budget deficit.
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Bob Brodhead was the team president and general manager of the Portland Thunder of the World Football League in 1975.
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Bob Brodhead was the head coach for one game after he fired head coach, Greg Barton.
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Bob Brodhead hired baseball coach Skip Bertman, who revived the moribund program and took the Bayou Bengals to unprecedented heights, guiding LSU to five national championships and 11 trips to the College World Series in 18 seasons.
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Bob Brodhead replaced Stovall with Bill Arnsparger, the architect of the Miami Dolphins' "No-Name Defense" of the early 1970s.
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Bob Brodhead later was a radio personality in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and for a time the AD at Southeastern Louisiana University in nearby Hammond.