Bob Bergeron

Robert Damian Bergeron is an American former football placekicker. He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and attended Bishop [Luers High School]. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1980 to 1984. He was a non-scholarship player who made the Michigan Wolverines football team as a walk-on. From 1980 to 1982, Bergeron saw limited playing time as a backup to Ali Haji-Sheikh. As a junior in 1983, he successfully converted 31 of 34 extra point conversions and 15 of 17 field goal attempts, including a game-winning 45-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining against Iowa. He was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team placekicker on the 1983 [All-Big Ten Conference football team]. As a senior in 1984, he was successful on 13 of 16 field goal attempts, including four of five attempts against Illinois.