Robert "Bobby" Holmes
1985 - Football/Track & Field - Ottawa

DATE OF BIRTH: November 4, 1911

  • BIRTH PLACE: Miami, Oklahoma
  • TRIBE: Ottawa
  • EDUCATION: Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas
    Riverside Junior College, Riverside, California
    Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas
  • SPORTS DATA: Football, Track and Field

ACHIEVEMENTS:
  • 1929-1934 - Haskell Institute: Varsity Football Letterman 1931-34, Varsity Track and Field Letterman 1930-34. In 1932 Holmes ran 100 yard dash in 9.6 seconds in dual meet with Kansas University and threw Javelin 186 feet, eight inches in meet with Emporia State College and Baker University, establishing new Haskell High School Record
  • 1936-1937 - Riverside Junior College: Varsity Football Letterman 1936, Varsity Track and Field Letterman 1937
  • 1937-1940 Texas Technological College: Varsity Football Letterman
  • 1937-38, Varsity Track and Field Letterman
  • 1938-40, Halfback on Texas Tech Red Raiders Conference Championship Football Team Played in Sun Bowl Game January 1, 1938.
  • Halfback on Texas Tech Red Raiders Conference Championship Football Team played in Cotton Bowl Game January 1, 1939.
  • Signed contract and made Training Camp Cut for Halfback on Brooklyn Dodgers Professional Football Team.
QUOTE: The Daily Oklahoman
  • "Ottawa star is sensation in open field."
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