Bob Trocolor

Robert G. Trocolor (March 31, 1917 – July 27, 1984) was an American football player and coach. He was also a college basketball and football head coach as well as movie actor.

Playing career Trocolor played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide before transferring to play for the Long Island Blackbirds. He then went undrafted in 1942 but eventually landed a spot with the National Football League's New York Giants, for whom he played for two seasons as a substitute quarterback, punt returner and halfback. In 1944, Trocolor was traded to the Brooklyn Tigers and played in two games. The team merged with the Boston Yanks in 1945, but Trocolor did not get picked up, so his professional football career ended after three seasons.

Coaching career In 1945, Trocolor served as the head football and basketball coach for St. Mary High School in Rutherford, New Jersey. In 1946, he was hired as the head football coach for the Paterson Panthers of the American Association. In his lone season he led the team to a 2–8 record. Also in 1946, he was hired as the athletic director, football, basketball, and baseball coach for Bergen College. His contract was extended in 1948 after leading winning seasons in all three sports. He only lasted one season with Stetson as he resigned because of a family emergency.

Throughout Trocolor's coaching career, he served as a scout for the New York Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also served as the head coach for the Passaic-Bergen County All-Stars, a semiprofessional team. In 1960, he coached the Lodi Generals of the Eastern Football Conference alongside Lodi High School. He returned to coaching once again in 1963, as the freshmen coach for Manchester Regional High School.

In 1974, Trocolor was hired as the first full-time head coach for William Paterson. He led the team to a 3–7 season in his only year with the team. He resigned due to the lack of cooperation from the athletic director, Art Eason.

Acting In the 1953 film Big Leaguer, Trocolor plays himself. The movie is about a group of 18- to 22-year-old men who are trying out for a Major League Baseball team, and he is one of the players.

Head coaching record College football

Junior college football

College basketball