Position: Halfback
Years: 1941-1943
Place of Birth: Corning, Iowa
Date of Birth: Mar 05, 1922
Place of Death: King of Prussia, Penn.
Date of Death: Dec 15, 2012
Jersey Number: 25
Height: 5-11
Weight: 182
High School: Sioux City, Iowa (East HS)
Bob Odell did it all for Pennsylvania in 1943. He ran, passed, punted, caught passes, returned kickoffs and punts, and played defense. He made four major All-America teams, won the Maxwell Trophy, and was runner-up to Angelo Bertelli for the Heisman Trophy. He was an honor student and graduated with a degree in economics and history. Odell was an assistant coach at Yale, Temple, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, then head coach at Bucknell 1958-1964, Pennsylvania 1965-1970, and Williams 1971-1986. In his three playing seasons at Penn, the team record was 18-6-2 overall and 13-0-2 against Ivy League opponents. In the 1943 tie with Army 13-13, Odell scored the final touchdown by catching a pass over his shoulder and outrunning Glenn Davis to the end zone. He was captain his senior year and was given the Class of 1915 Award as Penn's outstanding man based on character, personality, scholarship, and athletic ability.
