Fenimore, "Bob" (Robert D.)
Football
b. Oct. 6, 1925, Woodward, OK
Nicknamed the "Blond Bomber," the 6-foot-1, 188-pound Fenimore could run the 100-yard dash in 9.7 seconds. Sportswriter Homer Cooke called him "the greatest one-man offense in college football history."
A single-wing tailback at Oklahoma A & M, Fenimore led the nation in total offense per game two years in a row. In just 8 games per season, he had 1,758 yards in 1944 and 1,641 yards in 1945, when he was a consensus All-American.
His biggest game was probably the school's 46-40 upset over Tulsa in 1944, when Fenimore ran for 2 touchdowns and threw 2 touchdown passes. The scores included a 72-yard run from scrimmage and a 50-yard pass that won the game.
Fenimore also rushed for 241 yards in a 19-14 victory over Arkansas and had 248 yards of total offense in a 26-12 win over Southern Methodist University in 1945. When Oklahoma A & M beat St. Mary's of California 33-13 in the 1946 Sugar Bowl to conclude an unbeaten season, Fenimore scored 2 touchdowns and threw a touchdown pass.
Although a knee injury bothered him throughout his senior season, he was a first-round draft choice of the NFL's Chicago Bears in 1947. Fenimore spent just one season with the Bears, gaining 189 yards on 53 rushing attempts, a 3.8 average, and 1 touchdown and catching 15 passes for 219 yards, a 14.6 average, and 2 touchdowns.