Bob Mendoza
| Sport(s) |
American baseball American football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | San Diego, California |
| Playing career | |
| Position(s) | Outfielder |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Breitbard Hall of Fame Coaching Legend Dan Fukushima Lifetime Achievement Award SDSU Rugby Player of the Year (1967) |
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Robert (Bob) James Mendoza (born in San Diego, California) is a former American baseball player and a San Diego Hall of Champions inductee. After retiring from baseball, he continued his education and went on to teach, coach high school sports, and officiate in varsity basketball.
Mendoza graduated in 1956 from Lincoln High School where he lettered nine times in three sports: football, baseball and basketball.
In 1958, he was named Player of the Year in Baseball and Most Valuable Conference Player of the Year in Baseball at San Diego City College. The same year, in '58, he was drafted as an outfielder by the Red Sox and his contract later sold to the San Francisco Giants. But he left baseball to continue his education after playing 3-1/2 years for the Red Sox organization.
At San Diego State University, he was named the rugby team’s Player of the Year in 1967. After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts from San Diego State University, Mendoza played Rugby football for the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC). He later obtained his master's degree from the United States International University in San Diego.
He coached football, baseball and golf at Samuel F. B. Morse High School, as well as officiated over varsity basketball. Before that, he was a baseball coach at Mission Bay High. In 1982, he coached Sam Horn, the number-one baseball draft in the country at the time. The same year, Mark McLemore, who Mendoza also coached, was drafted by the California Angels in the 9th round amateur draft.
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