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demoss from the 1947 purdue yearbook purdue new york bulldogs 1950 1972 & ndash ; 1969 1970 & ndash ; dayton , kentucky quarterback 13 & ndash ; 18 1945 & ndash ; 1948 1949 purdue -lrb- assistant -rrb- purdue 559 football 27 january 1927 bob demoss.jpg bob demoss
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bob demoss

robert alonzo `` bob '' demoss -lrb- born january 27 , 1927 -rrb- is a former american football player , coach , and college athletics administrator .
he served as the head football coach at purdue university from 1970 to 1972 , compiling a career college football record of 13 -- 18 .
demoss played football as a quarterback at purdue from 1945 to 1948 .
he was then selected in the second round of the 1949 nfl draft by the new york bulldogs , from whom he played in 1949 .
demoss was selected again in the 22nd round of the 1950 nfl draft by the new york giants , but retired from playing to become an assistant football coach at purdue .
after his stint as purdue 's head football coach , demoss remained an assistant athletics director as the university until 1992 .
