Offensive tackle and guard, Kentucky, 1950
Bob Gain
Lettered 1947–50 (school media guide)
- Born
- Jun 21, 1929, in Akron, Ohio
- Died
- Nov 14, 2016, in Willoughby, Ohio
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Bob Gain played offensive tackle and guard at Kentucky (1950). He won the 1950 Outland Trophy. He was a consensus All‑American in 1950. The Green Bay Packers took Gain in the first round, No. 5 overall in the 1951 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 1980College Football Hall of Fame
- 1948Second-team All-SEC
- 1949, 1950First-team All-SEC
- 1950Outland Trophy
- 1950Consensus All‑American
Team titles: National champions, 1950; SEC champions, 1950
All-America: consensus 1950; NEA offense 1949; AP second team 1949; Look magazine second team 1949; All-Players All-America team 1949; New York Sun 1949
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 5 (1957–59, 1961–62) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (1962–63)
All-Pro teams: AP second team 1962–63; United Press second team 1955–56; UPI second team 1961.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Canadian football | Ottawa Rough Riders |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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