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 Orders c. 1953 | |
| Born: | January 9, 1932 Kermit, West Virginia, U.S. |
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| Died: | April 22, 2014 (aged 82) Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Weight | 227 lb (103 kg) |
| College | Army 1949-1950 West Virginia 1952-1953 |
| NFL draft | 1953, round: 13, pick: 151 |
| Drafted by | Green Bay |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Robert Orders (January 9, 1932 – April 22, 2014) was an American college football player who was a center for the Army Black Knights and West Virginia Mountaineers.[4] Orders was a star two-sport athlete at Huntington High School in West Virginia and there earned prep All-State selection in both football and basketball. He was a two-year letterman at West Point and a two-year letterman at WVU. In 1953 Orders earned first team All-American honors from the NEA Service and both second and third team selections from various selectors. Orders was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[5]
In the 1953 NFL draft, Orders was picked 151st overall in the 13th round by the Green Bay Packers but declined the offer, choosing to enter into military service.
While at the U.S. Military Academy, Orders was one of 90 players implicated in the 1951 Army "Cribbing Scandal", an investigation into a large scale honor-code violation centered around the Army Cadets football team. Orders was expelled from the academy and opted to return to West Virginia to complete his academic and athletic career.[6]
- ^ "1948 All-West Virginia Football Team". The Leader. Hinton, West Virginia. December 23, 1948. p. 7. Archived from the original on January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "West Virginia Places Five On SC 'Team'". Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 24, 1953. p. 12. Archived from the original on January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bob Orders Named Athlete Of Year". Hinton (W.Va.) Daily News. December 15, 1953. p. 6. Archived from the original on January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1953 West Virginia Mountaineers Roster". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Bob Orders". WVU Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Huntington Gridder Leaves West Point". The Raleigh Register. August 16, 1951. p. 10. Archived from the original on January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.