Robert Kolesar
Kolesar at the University of Michigan
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| Position: | Guard | ||||
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| Date of birth: | April 5, 1921 | ||||
| Place of birth: | Cleveland, Ohio | ||||
| Date of death: | January 13, 2004 (aged 82) | ||||
| Place of death: | Midland, Michigan | ||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | John Adams High School | ||||
| College: | University of Michigan | ||||
| NFL Draft: | 1943 / Round: 12 / Pick: 101 | ||||
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| Games: | 2 |
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Robert C. "Bob" Kolesar (April 5, 1921 – January 13, 2004) was an American football player and medical doctor. He played at the guard position for the University of Michigan from 1940 to 1942 and for the Cleveland Browns in 1946 after a stint in the U.S. Army during World War II. While playing at Michigan, he was part of a line that was known as the "Seven Oak Posts".
Kolesar retired from professional football after one season to pursue a medical career, and later established a practice in Saginaw, Michigan. He died in 2004.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Kolesar attended John Adams High School before graduating and enrolling at the University of Michigan.
At Michigan, Kolesar played at the guard position for Fritz Crisler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1940 to 1942. The 1942 Wolverines' line, which included Kolesar, Julius Franks, Al Wistert, Merv Pregulman, and Elmer Madar, became known as the "Seven Oak Posts". They got the nickname because substitutions were rare for the seven players who formed the Michigan line. One account of the "Seven Oak Posts" noted:
Michigan's 1942 line had assumed the nickname, the "Seven Oak Posts", and started the same men each week; the only rest the seven enjoyed coming in the second half of the Harvard game. Soon the two platoon era at Michigan and everywhere else would doom demonstrations of this kind of gridiron endurance. But these Wolverines offered many a thrill.
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