caption playing_years death_date death_place draftedround birth_place playing_team image_size article_title position birth_date number image college name draftedyear
miller on a 1952 bowman football card 1952-1958 7 august 2006 clarkston , michigan 5 / pick 58 norwalk , connecticut detroit lions 175px bob miller -lrb- american football -rrb-
 defensive tackle 11 december 1929 74 bob miller - 1952 bowman large.jpg virginia bob miller 1952
bob miller -lrb- american football -rrb-

robert marguesse miller -lrb- december 11 , 1929 - august 7 , 2006 -rrb- was an american football offensive/defensive tackle with the detroit lions of the national football league from 1952 to 1958 .
born in norwalk , connecticut , he attended the university of virginia , which finished 8-1 and ranked 13th in the associated press poll in his final year in 1951 .
after being selected by detroit in the 1952 nfl draft , he was on the teams which won nfl championships in 1952 , 1953 and 1957 , and also the team which lost the title game in 1954 .
he was selected an all-conference defensive tackle in 1956 by `` the sporting news '' .
after retiring from football , he was the president and owner of cavalier manufacturing .
in the 1970s he became a licensed horse trainer , breeder and owner of thoroughbred racing stable del-rob farm along with his wife delphine -lrb- the del in del-rob -rrb- .
he died of cancer at age 76 in clarkston , michigan .
he was inducted into the virginia sports hall of fame in 2006 .
