Rhodes Athletic Hall of Fame
What inspires a football player to love the game so much to endure pre-season practices when temperatures are hovering around 100 degrees? Most former Lynx football players conclude their careers and decide those hot August days would be better spent in the comfortable climbs of their living room. Not Bobby Haugh!
Bobby was a four-year letterman in football and earned the title of team captain his senior year. He was a member of the Hall of Fame 1970 Southwestern football team which compiled a 7-1 record and won the College Athletic Conference title. Not only did his talents on the field gain the respect of his teammates and coaches, but his humble spirit earned him the Sportsmanship Award his senior year. In 1973 the Seidman Award was established recognizing the senior athlete who demonstrated both academic and athletic excellence. Bobby Haugh was the recipient of the first Seidman Award.
When his career on the gridiron concluded, Bobby changed his arena for athletic endeavors to mountains and marathons. Bobby has completed a slew of ultra-marathons, including the Badwater, which is a 136 mile course that begins in Death Valley, the hottest spot in the United States, and includes running to the top of Mount Whitney at an elevation of 13,000 feet.
Bobby has also climbed Mt. Rainer and Pico de Orizaba, which has an elevation of 18,000 feet. In 2007 he completed the Gobi March in China, a 155 mile trek through the windiest non-polar desert in the world.
For his accomplishments as a student and as a football player, and for successfully completing the most extreme athletic events a human being can conquer, Rhodes is honored to induct ROBERT MARSHALL HAUGH into the Rhodes Athletic Hall of Fame this 10th day of October, 2014.
