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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name                = Bob Odell
| image               = 
| alt                 = 
| caption             = 
| position            = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]]
| number              =
| height_ft           = 
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| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1922|3|5}}
| birth_place         = [[Corning, Iowa]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2012|12|15|1922|3|5}}
| death_place         = [[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania]]
| draftyear           = 1944
| draftround          = 2
| draftpick           = 15
| high_school         = 
| college             = [[Penn Quakers football|Penn]]
| teams               = 
* [[Card-Pitt]] (1944)
| pastcoaching        =
* [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]] (1946–1947) (assistant coach)
* [[Temple Owls football|Temple]] (1948) (assistant coach)
* [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]] (1949–1957) (line coach)
* [[Bucknell Bison football|Buckell]] (1958–1964) (head coach)
* [[Penn Quakers football|Penn]] (1965–1970)  (head coach)
* [[Williams Ephs football|Williams]] (1971–1986) (head coach)
| highlights          = 
* [[Maxwell Award]] (1943)
* [[1943 College Football All-America Team|Consensus All-American (1943)]]
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| pfrcoach            = 
| CollegeHOF          = 1699

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'''Robert Harper Odell''' (March 5, 1922 – December 15, 2012) was an [[American football]] player who, as a college senior at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], won the [[Maxwell Award]] in 1943.  In [[1944 NFL Draft|1944]] he was drafted in the second round (15th overall) by the [[Card-Pitt|Chicago-Pittsburgh Cardinals-Steelers]] but served in the [[United States Navy]] from 1944 through 1946.  The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] offered Odell $8,000 to play for the [[1946 NFL season|1946 season]].  However, his doctor recommended that he give up football due to a knee injury suffered while playing [[basketball]].  He was the head football coach at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in the late 1960s and at [[Williams College]] from 1971 to 1986.  With a record of 75–49–4 in 16 years as the head coach at Williams, Odell ranks third in career wins behind [[Dick Farley]] and [[Charlie Caldwell]].  He was elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1992.

He died of kidney disease in a nursing home in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Frank Fitzpatrick |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/penn/20121223_Bob_Odell__90__college_football_hall_of_famer_starred_at_Penn.html |title=Bob Odell, 90; college football hall of famer starred at Penn |publisher=Philly.com |date=October 22, 2012 |accessdate=December 24, 2012}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Bucknell Bison football|Bucknell Bison]]
 | conf      = [[Middle Atlantic Conferences|Middle Atlantic Conference]]
 | startyear = 1958
 | endyear   = 1964
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1958 NCAA University Division football season|1958]]
 | name         = Bucknell
 | overall      = 1–8
 | conference   = 1–5
 | confstanding = 6th <small>(University)</small>
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1959 NCAA University Division football season|1959]]
 | name         = Bucknell
 | overall      = 4–5
 | conference   = 3–3
 | confstanding = 4th <small>(University)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1960 NCAA University Division football season|1960]]
 | name         = [[1960 Bucknell Bison football team|Bucknell]]
 | overall      = 7–2
 | conference   = 5–1
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(University)</small>
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1961 NCAA University Division football season|1961]]
 | name         = Bucknell
 | overall      = 6–3
 | conference   = 5–2
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(University)</small>
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 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1962 NCAA University Division football season|1962]]
 | name         = Bucknell
 | overall      = 6–3
 | conference   = 5–1
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(University)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1963 NCAA University Division football season|1963]]
 | name         = Bucknell
 | overall      = 6–3
 | conference   = 3–1
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(University)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1964 NCAA University Division football season|1964]]
 | name         = Bucknell
 | overall      = 7–2
 | conference   = 4–1
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small>(University)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Bucknell
 | overall    = 37–26
 | confrecord = 26–14
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Penn Quakers football|Penn Quakers]]
 | conf      = [[Ivy League]]
 | startyear = 1965
 | endyear   = 1970
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1965 NCAA University Division football season|1965]]
 | name         = Penn
 | overall      = 4–4–1
 | conference   = 2–4–1
 | confstanding = 6th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1966 NCAA University Division football season|1966]]
 | name         = Penn
 | overall      = 2–7
 | conference   = 1–6
 | confstanding = 7th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1967 NCAA University Division football season|1967]]
 | name         = Penn
 | overall      = 3–6
 | conference   = 2–5
 | confstanding = 6th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1968 NCAA University Division football season|1968]]
 | name         = [[1968 Penn Quakers football team|Penn]]
 | overall      = 7–2
 | conference   = 5–2
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1969 NCAA University Division football season|1969]]
 | name         = Penn
 | overall      = 4–5
 | conference   = 2–5
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1970 NCAA University Division football season|1970]]
 | name         = [[1970 Penn Quakers football team|Penn]]
 | overall      = 4–5
 | conference   = 2–5
 | confstanding = 6th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Penn
 | overall    = 24–29–1
 | confrecord = 14–27–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Williams Ephs football|Williams Ephs]]
 | conf      = [[New England Small College Athletic Conference]]
 | startyear = 1971
 | endyear   = 1986
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1971 college football season|1971]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 7–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1972 college football season|1972]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 7–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1973 NCAA Division III football season|1973]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 6–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1974 NCAA Division III football season|1974]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 7–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1975 NCAA Division III football season|1975]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 7–0–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1976 NCAA Division III football season|1976]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 4–4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1977 NCAA Division III football season|1977]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 5–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1978 NCAA Division III football season|1978]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 5–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1979 NCAA Division III football season|1979]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 4–4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1980 NCAA Division III football season|1980]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 5–2–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1981 NCAA Division III football season|1981]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 3–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1982 NCAA Division III football season|1982]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 4–4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1983 NCAA Division III football season|1983]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 2–5–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1984 NCAA Division III football season|1984]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 3–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1985 NCAA Division III football season|1985]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 2–5–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1986 NCAA Division III football season|1986]]
 | name         = Williams
 | overall      = 4–4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Williams
 | overall    = 75–49–4
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 136–104–5
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cfbhof|id=1699|name=Bob Odell}}

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