1. Robert James Steuber was an American professional football halfback who played one season in National Football League and three seasons in the All-America Football Conference.
21 Facts About Bob Steuber
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Bob Steuber played college football for the Missouri Tigers, where he quickly became one of the country's most productive runners and scoring threats.
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Bob Steuber was second in the country in 1942 with more than 1,000 yards of rushing.
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The next day, Bob Steuber entered the United States Navy and was transferred to DePauw University for pre-flight training.
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Bob Steuber was limited by a knee injury that year and was traded to the Los Angeles Dons after the Browns won the first AAFC championship game.
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Bob Steuber only played in three games for the Dons due to another knee injury, and he was again traded to the Buffalo Bills.
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Bob Steuber then settled in St Louis, where he worked as a sports announcer on the weekends.
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Bob Steuber was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971 and the University of Missouri's athletics hall of fame in 1990.
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Bob Steuber grew up in St Louis and attended the city's Christian Brothers College High School, where he starred as a halfback on the school's football team.
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Bob Steuber attended the University of Missouri and played as an end on the Missouri Tigers football team under head coach Don Faurot starting in 1940.
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Bob Steuber was third in the country in rushing that year with 855 yards as he and fellow halfback Harry Ice led a Missouri ground attack that ranked first in the nation.
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Bob Steuber's success continued in 1942, when he was named an All-American and ranked second in the country in rushing, gaining 1,098 yards.
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Bob Steuber was an effective passer, helping Missouri win the Big Six championship for the second year in a row.
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Bob Steuber scored a touchdown as the college stars defeated the NFL's Washington Redskins.
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Bob Steuber was selected in the first round of the NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, but he played in only one game for the team during the 1943 season before departing for the US Navy during World War II.
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In football, Bob Steuber scored 77 points in his first three games and finished the 1943 season with the highest scoring total in the country.
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Bob Steuber was again transferred in 1944, ending up at Marquette University in the Navy's V-5 training program.
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Bob Steuber instead was one of the first signings of the Cleveland Browns of the new All-America Football Conference in 1945 while he was stationed in Pensacola, Florida.
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Brown advised Bob Steuber to quit football because of the injury, but Bob Steuber wanted to continue playing, and he was traded to the AAFC's Los Angeles Dons after the season for Frank Yokas, a guard.
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Bob Steuber was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
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Bob Steuber was inducted into the University of Missouri's athletics hall of fame in 1990.