caption player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place overall_record player_positions player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name
broome appalachian state yearbook pictured in '' the rhododendron 1959 '' , appalachian state 19 june 1959 durham , north carolina football 1956 -- 1958 baseball 1949 -- 1957 greenville , south carolina 13 -- 16 -lrb- football -rrb- fullback football 1936 -- 1939 appalachian state appalachian state 2981 football , baseball 16 september 1916 bob broome.jpg bob broome
 bob broome
bob broome

robert william `` bob '' broome -lrb- september 16 , 1916 -- june 19 , 1959 -rrb- was an american football player and coach of football and baseball .
he served as the head football coach at appalachian state teachers college -- now known as appalachian state university -- from 1956 to 1958 , compiling a record of 13 -- 16 .
broome was also the head baseball coach at appalachian state from 1959 to 1957 .
