Bob Rohrbach

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Bob Rohrbach (April 2, 1955 – October 11, 2025) was an American soccer forward who played in the NASL, MISL, and ASL in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was born in Garden City, New York, and was a standout basketball player in high school. He walked on to the University of Dayton’s soccer team after trying out for basketball and scored 69 goals for the Flyers from 1973 to 1977. He was inducted into Dayton’s Hall of Fame in 1993.

Rohrbach began his pro career in 1977 with the New York Cosmos but did not appear in a first-team match. He then played for the Colorado Caribous in 1978 (26 games, 6 goals) and the Detroit Express in 1979 (8 games, 4 goals). He also spent time in indoor soccer with the Pittsburgh Spirit (1979–1980) and the Hartford Hellions (1979–1980). In 1980 he played for the Columbus Magic, but a head collision with a Cleveland Cobras player left him in a coma for four days and ended his soccer career.

In the early 1990s, Rohrbach co-owned an oil field equipment company, R&R Procurement. He passed away on October 11, 2025, in Houston, Texas.