The Passing of Bob Lingenfelter

[PvilleHuskerTim]

While the name Bob Lingenfelter may not be well known to most of you on the board, this former Husker All-Big 8 and honorable mention AA (1976) offensive lineman passed away on Wednesday night. He was a better husband, father, and friend than he was a football player. He will be missed. RIP.

 

[RedEB89]

A large, figurative and literal, character in the Plainview, NE community.

 

[huskerfan66]

RIP big guy

 

[SickOfPractice]

My sincere condolences to Bob's family & friends.

I certainly remember his playing days.

 

[Cedric]

My sincere condolences to Bob's family & friends.

I certainly remember his playing days.

Me too. And lots of good football-playing Lingenfelters came after him.

At one time, there was a funny story about Big Bob getting a practical joke played on him as a rookie with the Browns. I don't recall the specifics. Does anyone know the story?

 

[Dean Pope]

While the name Bob Lingenfelter may not be well known to most of you on the board, this former Husker All-Big 8 and honorable mention AA (1976) offensive lineman passed away on Wednesday night. He was a better husband, father, and friend than he was a football player. He will be missed. RIP.

He was a damn good football player. I miss the days of listening to the Huskers on the radio and hearing Bremser call out the hometowns of the various small town Huskers who were playing in that given year. It was a different era, but I think that went a long way in developing the team pride we have today.

 

[Big bo fan]

While the name Bob Lingenfelter may not be well known to most of you on the board, this former Husker All-Big 8 and honorable mention AA (1976) offensive lineman passed away on Wednesday night. He was a better husband, father, and friend than he was a football player. He will be missed. RIP.

A good old boy from small town Nebraska. I think he played a couple years in the NFL . When he came back home the Norfolk paper did an article on him about his NFL experience. Long story short he basically said the NFL was corrupted by gambling and crooked players. A guy from Wausa told me it was a very eye opening article. RIP Big Bob.

 

[SickOfPractice]

"I miss the days of listening to the Huskers on the radio"

I still do that from time to time. Doing something like washing the car while listening to the Husker game is a very fond memory.

And then devouring every article about the game in the Sunday newspaper. It was the best of times.

 

[goldencohusker]

Going to games as a kid in the 70s, I used to really look forward to buying a program that they sold at the stadium back in the day that had pics of every player. I studied and studied those and basically memorized every player's face which is how you had to do it back then. I remembered the name, but I remembered this pic even more. RIP Bob

 

[PvilleHuskerTim]

Going to games as a kid in the 70s, I used to really look forward to buying a program that they sold at the stadium back in the day that had pics of every player. I studied and studied those and basically memorized every player's face which is how you had to do it back then. I remembered the name, but I remembered this pic even more. RIP Bob

Bob looked tough and mean in this picture. And he was when it came to the football field. In "real life" he was a gentle giant. A fixture at all the high school games, so much so that most of the upperclassmen from FB, VB, BB, wrestling, and other activities were given seating preference at the funeral today over friends from the community. What a fitting tribute.

I don't often get emotional at funerals. Today I cried, a lot. I also laughed, a lot.