Robert J. Balogh

Robert J. Balogh

  • Class Year:
    1966
  • Induction Year:
    1985
  • Sport(s):
    Football, Basketball and Track and Field

Robert J. Balogh '66 graduated from BW in 1966 and was inducted into the Alumni Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1985.

While attending Baldwin Wallace, Bob won nine letters in three different sports. He was an exceptional offensive and defensive end as well as place kicker for coach Lee Tressel's Yellow Jacket football squad. In his junior year, Bob was the third leading scorer for the football team with sixteen extra points and three field goals for a total of twenty-five points. Balogh was also the first string center on the basketball team and a high jumper on the track team. For his efforts, Bob was awarded three letters in each sport.

An HPE major with a biology minor, Bob was named B-W's Outstanding Senior Athlete at the 1966 convocation. He also received the Lee J. Tressel scholarship for the highest grade point average on the football squad. Bob is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraterbity and belongs to the Omicron Delta Kappa honorary fraternity.

Following his graduation from Baldwin-Wallace, Balogh received his Master of Arts in Education degree from Kent State University. He started his career as a teacher but has since been named Director of Sales and Vice-President of Bardmoor Real Estate, Inc., in Key Largo, Florida, where he and his wife, Deborah, reside with their four children.