caption player_team death_date coach_years overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name
thalman yearbook pictured in '' kaleidoscope 1960 '' , hampden-sydney richmond january 31 , 2012 -lrb- aged 89 -rrb- 1956 1984 & ndash ; 1959 1971 & ndash ; 80 & ndash ; 103 & ndash ; 4 1946 hampden -- sydney vmi 3164 football november 5 , 1922 thalmanrj.png bob thalman
 bob thalman
bob thalman

robert joseph thalman -lrb- november 5 , 1922 -- january 31 , 2012 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he served as the head football coach at hampden -- sydney college from 1956 to 1959 and at the virginia military institute from 1971 to 1984 , winning southern conference championships in 1974 and 1977 , compiling a career college football record of 80 -- 103 -- 4 .
thalman played football at the university of richmond , from which he graduated in 1948 .
