Robert Michael "Bob" Garbark (November 13, 1909 – August 15, 1990) was an American football

American football

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 and baseball

Baseball

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 player and coach of football, basketball

Basketball

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, and baseball. He played Major League Baseball

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 as a catcher

Catcher

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 with the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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, Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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, Philadelphia Athletics, and Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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. Garbark made his Major League debut on September 3, 1934 with the Indians. Garbark's brother, Mike

Mike Garbark

Nathaniel Michael Garbark was a Major League Baseball player. Garbark played for the New York Yankees in and . He batted and threw right-handed.He was born in Houston, Texas and died in Charlotte, North Carolina....

, also played professionally and had the same batting average (.261) as Bob in 1944.

Garbark coached baseball as his alma mater, Allegheny College

Allegheny College

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, 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

Fullback (American football)

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from 1929 to 1932. He was captain of the football team in 1931 and co-captain in 1932.

External links

• Garbark at Baseball almanac