Robert Dee Countryman (October 17, 1895 – November 6, 1964) was an American

minor league baseball Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), constituted of teams affiliated with MLB clubs. It was founded on September 5, 1901, in response to the growing dominance of the National Le ...

player and manager and

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head coach. Countryman played in the minor leagues in 1914, from 1916-20 and from 1925-26 for the

San Antonio Bronchos The San Antonio Bronchos were a minor league baseball team based in San Antonio, Texas, that played in the South Texas League (1903–1906) and Texas League (1907–1919). The team was also known as the Mustangs (1903–04), Warriors (1905), and A ...

(1914), Fort Worth Panthers (1917),

Houston Buffaloes The Houston Buffaloes, Houston Buffalos, or Buffs were an American minor league baseball team, and were the first minor league team to be affiliated with a Major League Baseball, Major League franchise, which was the St. Louis Cardinals. The clu ...

(1918),

Greenville Spinners The Greenville Spinners was a primary name of the minor league baseball teams located in Greenville, South Carolina between 1907 and 1962. Greenville teams played as members of the South Carolina League in 1907, Carolina Association (1908–19 ...

(1919–1920), Galveston Pirates (1919), Mount Pleasant Cats (1925) and Palestine Pals (1926). He managed the Cats in 1925 and the Pals in 1926, replacing Jack Stansbury in the latter campaign. He served in

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. Countryman was head coach of the

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team in 1922 and 1923 and the

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team in 1928 and 1929. He had a career college coaching record of 28–31–3. Countryman was born in

Navasota, Texas Navasota is a city primarily in Grimes County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,643 at the 2020 census. In 2005, the Texas Legislature designated Navasota as the "Blues Capital of Texas" in honor of the late Mance Lipscomb, a Nava ...

and died in

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on .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Countryman, Bob 1895 births 1964 deaths Baseball outfielders Minor league baseball managers Rice Owls baseball coaches Texas A&M Aggies baseball coaches People from Navasota, Texas Bartlett (minor league baseball) players Fort Smith Twins players Fort Worth Panthers players Galveston Pirates players Greenville Spinners players Houston Buffaloes players McAlester Miners players Mount Pleasant Cats players Palestine Pals players San Antonio Bronchos players