16 Facts About Bob Fitch

Robert E Fitch was an American athlete and coach.

Bob Fitch developed a rotational technique referred to as the "Minnesota Whip" and delivered a masters thesis on the subject.

Bob Fitch was part of the University of Minnesota championship-winning college football team.

Bob Fitch went on to study at the University of Minnesota.

Bob Fitch was part of the college football team as an end for the Minnesota Golden Gophers at a time when the team ranked first in the nation and overseen by coach Bernie Bierman.

Bob Fitch won the AAU national championship meet that year.

Bob Fitch was discharged in the fall of 1945 as a chief specialist after 39 months of service.

Kelly credited Bob Fitch with inventing a method of throwing called the "Minnesota Whip", which is the accepted style worldwide.

Bob Fitch secured the United States discus title for a second time that year.

Bob Fitch served as an assistant college football coach for Indiana University.

Bob Fitch asked the Indiana athletic director if he could stop coaching to focus on his doctoral studies.

Bob Fitch accepted the position, becoming the Indiana Hoosiers head coach for golf in the process.

Bob Fitch led the Hoosiers to the Big Ten Conference runner-up spot in 1958 and they won the title for the first time in 1962, then again in 1968.

Bob Fitch took the previously undecorated Hoosiers into NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships competition on twelve occasions, with the team's best placing being sixth in 1974.

Bob Fitch's charges remembered Fitch pushing them hard both physically and academically, in the style of his previous coach Bernie Bierman.

Bob Fitch died on April 5,2003, in Bloomington, Indiana.