Robert Allison Fetzer (September 9, 1887 – May 19, 1968) was an
American football
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coach,
track and field
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coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at
Davidson College
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in 1914 and as co-head football coach at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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with his brother,
Bill, from 1921 to 1925, compiling a career
college football
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record of 35–13–5. Fetzer was also the head track coach at North Carolina from 1921 to 1952 and the school's athletic director from 1923 to 1952. He was later the executive secretary of the
Morehead Foundation at North Carolina. Fetzer died on May 19, 1968, in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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.
Head coaching record
Football
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1887 births
1968 deaths
Davidson Wildcats football coaches
North Carolina Tar Heels athletic directors
North Carolina Tar Heels football coaches
North Carolina Tar Heels track and field coaches
Sportspeople from Cabarrus County, North Carolina