Robert Boyers (American football)
Robert Emlen Boyers (December 25, 1876 – August 4, 1949) was an American football player and a U.S. Army officer. He played center for Army from 1899 to 1902 and was a consensus All-American in 1902. He graduated from West Point in 1903.
He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy from 1904 to 1905, finishing with an 11–6–1 record.
During World War I, Boyers served with the 3rd Infantry Division in France and with the 332nd Infantry Regiment in Italy. He was wounded and lost his foot, retiring in 1919 as a captain.
He was born in Bellaire, Ohio, and died in Staten Island, New York, at age 72.
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