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{{short description|American actor and football player (born 1957)}}
{{about||his father|Bob Golic (Canadian football)}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image       = Bob Golic Cleveland Browns New Uniform Unveiling (17152677612).jpg
| caption     = Golic, April 2015
| number      = 51, 79
| position    = [[Defensive tackle]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|26}}
| birth_place = [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 2
| weight_lb   = 248
| high_school = [[Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School|St. Joseph]] (Cleveland)
| college     = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] (1975–1978)
| draftyear   = 1979
| draftround  = 2
| draftpick   = 52
| teams       =
* [[New England Patriots]] ([[1979 NFL season|1979]]–[[1981 NFL season|1981]])
* [[Cleveland Browns]] ([[1982 NFL season|1982]]–[[1988 NFL season|1988]])
* [[Los Angeles Raiders]] ([[1989 NFL season|1989]]–[[1992 NFL season|1992]])
| highlights  =
* 2× Second-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1985 All-Pro Team|1985]], [[1986 All-Pro Team|1986]])
* 3× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1986 Pro Bowl|1985]]–[[1988 Pro Bowl|1987]])
* [[Cleveland Browns#Cleveland Browns legends|Cleveland Browns Legends]]
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1977 NCAA Division I football season|1977]])
* [[Unanimous All-American]] ([[1978 College Football All-America Team|1978]])
* Second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1977 College Football All-America Team|1977]])
| statlabel1  = [[Quarterback sack|Sack]]s
| statvalue1  = 22.5
| statlabel2  = [[Fumble]] recoveries
| statvalue2  = 5
| statlabel3  = [[Interceptions]]
| statvalue3  = 1 
| pfr         = GoliBo00
}}
{{MedalTableTop|name=|image=|imagesize=|alt=|caption=}}
{{MedalSport |  [[Collegiate wrestling|Collegiate Wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCountry | }} the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]]
{{MedalCompetition|[[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA Division I Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1978 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|1978 College Park]]| Heavyweight}}
{{MedalBottom}}
{{Infobox presenter
| show        = The Bob Golic Show
| station     = [[WNIR (FM)|WNIR]] 100.1 FM
| timeslot    = Monday-Friday 3:00 to 7:00&nbsp;pm, Saturday 12:00 to 4:00&nbsp;pm
| style       = Talk
| country     = United States
| spouse      = Karen Golic (m.1996), Jacquelyn Benlein (1983–1992)
| children    = 3
| website     = {{url|wnir.com}}
}}

'''Robert Perry Golic''' (born October 26, 1957) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player, television actor, radio personality, and sports commentator.

Golic played [[defensive tackle]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for 14 seasons from 1979 to 1992 with the [[New England Patriots]], [[Cleveland Browns]], and [[Los Angeles Raiders]]. He played [[college football]]  for the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]], winning a national championship in 1977 and earning [[List of unanimous All-Americans in college football|unanimous All-American]] honors. In [[wrestling]], he was a two-time All-American.

He is the older brother of [[Mike Golic]] and uncle of [[Mike Golic Jr.]]

==Early life==
Golic was born in [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]] to Dorothy and [[Bob Golic (Canadian football)|Louis Robert "Bob" Golic]]. The family is of [[Slovenes|Slovenian]] descent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Slovenians on the World Stage |url=http://www.sloveniatraveltips.com/2009/01/19/slovenians-on-the-world-stage/ |access-date=March 24, 2009 |date=January 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704034637/http://www.sloveniatraveltips.com/2009/01/19/slovenians-on-the-world-stage/ |archive-date=July 4, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has two brothers, Greg and [[Mike Golic|Mike]], who also played in the NFL. His father also went by the nickname Bob; however, they are not named with the [[Suffix (name)#Generational titles|generational titles]] of junior or senior. The elder Golic had a seven year professional playing career in the [[Canadian Football League]] from 1956 to 1962.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Golic - CFL stats|url=http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=golicbob002}}</ref> He played for the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]], [[Montreal Alouettes]], and [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]. He won the [[Grey Cup]] with Hamilton in 1957. Louis Robert Golic died on Friday, June 28, 2013, from heart failure.

Robert Perry Golic attended [[Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School|St. Joseph's High School]], at the time an all-boys school in Cleveland, where he played [[high school football]] and [[Scholastic wrestling|wrestled]]. As a high school wrestler, Golic won the Ohio high school heavyweight championship in 1975, beating Harold Smith of [[McKinley High School (Canton, Ohio)|Canton McKinley High School]], a future Olympian. He also defeated future NFL player [[Tom Cousineau]] from cross-town all-boys school rival [[St. Edward High School (Ohio)|St. Edward High School]] in [[Lakewood, Ohio]] in the tournament semifinals.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kampf|first1=John|title=Pigskin pins: Wrestling is a football player's best offseason workout|url=http://www.news-herald.com/article/HR/20090111/NEWS/301119982|website=The News-Herald|date=April 23, 2013 |access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref> The match between Golic and Cousineau, who placed third, has been called "one of the most memorable" in the tournament's history.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Galbincea|first1=Pat|title=Ohio's state wrestling tournament has produced more than its share of memorable moments|url=http://highschoolsports.cleveland.com/news/article/5100816392234876125/ohios-state-wrestling-tournament-has-produced-more-than-its-share-of-memorable-moments-pat-galbincea/|access-date=August 28, 2016|issue=March 3, 2010|publisher=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=March 3, 2010}}</ref> Cousineau later was a two-time All-American at linebacker at [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. Golic and Cousineau eventually were teammates in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns.

==College career==
[[File:Bob Golic 1985.jpg|thumb|left|Golic in 1985]]
Golic received a [[athletic scholarship|football scholarship]] to attend the [[University of Notre Dame]] in [[Notre Dame, Indiana]], where he also wrestled. He played for the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football]] team from 1975 to 1978. He was a member of the 1977 NCAA national champion football team. He was selected as a second-team All-American for the 1977 season, and a unanimous first-team All-American in 1978.

Golic was one of the nation's top collegiate wrestlers while at Notre Dame, with a three-year record of 54–4–1, finishing third in NCAA meet in 1976 and fourth in 1977.<ref name="ND1">{{cite web|title=Bob Golic Bio|url=http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bob_golic_134702.html|website=Notre Dame|access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref> He was named a two-time All-American for Notre Dame as a heavyweight wrestler, capturing fourth place at the 1977 NCAA tournament and finishing third in 1978. He graduated from Notre Dame in 1979 with a B.A. degree in management. 

==Professional career==
The New England Patriots chose Golic, as a linebacker, in the second round (52nd pick overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft, and he played for the Patriots from 1979 to 1981.

Golic was cut by the Patriots going into the 1982 season and claimed on waivers by the Cleveland Browns. The Browns moved him from linebacker to nose tackle. After seven years with the Browns, he went to the Los Angeles Raiders through Plan B free agency where he played his last four NFL seasons. He was a 3-time [[Pro Bowl]]er (1985, 1986, and 1987) while playing with the Cleveland Browns.

==Post-playing career==
After retiring from football, Golic pursued an acting career. His first appearance was in ''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] playing one of Hayden Fox's former players who went on to an NFL career, but confiding to Hayden that he has cancer due to [[anabolic steroid]] use. He then appeared in ''[[Saved by the Bell: The College Years]]'', arguably his best known role, playing the role of Mike Rogers, a retired [[San Francisco 49ers]] player who became the resident adviser of Cal U, the fictional college attended by the cast. He appeared in the role for the [[NBC]] made-for-TV-movie ''[[Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas]]'' in 1994. From 1996 until 1998, Golic also was one of the members of the original ''[[Home and Family]]'' when it aired on [[The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 2008)|The Family Channel]] (now known as [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]]).

Golic hosted sports [[talk radio]] programs and did sports reporting for TV stations in [[Los Angeles]]; had a stint on [[Television in the United Kingdom|Britain's]] late 80s–90s NFL coverage on [[Channel 4]], opposite presenter [[Gary Imlach]]; served as analyst on NBC's [[NFL on NBC|NFL coverage]] from 1994 to 1996; and was a commentator for [[Spike TV|TNN]]'s coverage of the short-lived [[XFL (2001)|XFL]] in 2001. In 2004, Golic returned to [[Greater Cleveland|Northeast Ohio]] to host the afternoon [[drive time]] radio talk show on [[WNIR (FM)|WNIR]] 100.1 FM in [[Akron, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Golic – Other Works |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0326488/otherworks |work=[[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date=April 20, 2008}}</ref> He is also a football analyst for [[WOIO]] Channel 19 in Cleveland on [[CBS]].

Golic opened a restaurant and bar in [[downtown Cleveland]]'s Warehouse District (''Bob Golic's Sports Bar & Grille'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Golic part of team opening new Warehouse District pub|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/lifestyles/2008/08/bob_golic_part_of_team_opening.html |work=[[The Plain Dealer]] |date=August 12, 2008 |access-date=September 1, 2008}}</ref> The restaurant closed in June 2014. He was the vice president of Football Operations for the [[Lingerie Football League]] expansion team, the [[Cleveland Crush]] until operations ceased in 2015.<ref>{{cite web| title=Hanford Dixon named Cleveland Crush head coach| url=http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/182289/4/Hanford-Dixon-named-Cleveland-Crush-head-coach| work=www.wkyc.com| access-date=March 24, 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105065815/http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/182289/4/Hanford-Dixon-named-Cleveland-Crush-head-coach| archive-date=January 5, 2013| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Golic is the older brother of [[Mike Golic]], who is a former NFL football player and was a radio host, first as half of [[ESPN Radio]]'s ''[[Mike & Mike]]'', followed by ESPN Radio's ''[[Golic and Wingo]]''. His nephews are [[Mike Golic Jr.]], himself a former football player turned radio host,<ref>[http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/golicjr_mike00.html Mike Golic Jr Profile] University of Notre Dame. Retrieved March 22, 2009</ref> and Jake, who began studying at the University of Notre Dame in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sports.rightpundits.com/?p=602 |title=Jake Golic is Notre Dame's First Signee |access-date=March 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613021625/http://sports.rightpundits.com/?p=602 |archive-date=June 13, 2008 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Mike Golic is a spokesperson for [[Nutrisystem]] after losing more than {{cvt|50|lb}} on the diet; however, Bob Golic has outdone his younger brother, dropping more than {{cvt|140|lb}}, returning to his high school weight of {{cvt|245|lb}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ex-Browns lineman Bob Golic tackles a diet and loses 140 pounds in 8 months|url=http://www.cleveland.com/living/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living-1/1210926696191250.xml&coll=2|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]|access-date=May 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607140121/http://www.cleveland.com/living/plaindealer/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fliving-1%2F1210926696191250.xml&coll=2|archive-date=June 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bob Golic married Jacquelyn Benlein in 1983 and they had a child before divorcing in 1992.

Golic lives with his family in [[Solon, Ohio]]. He and Karen Baughman married in 1996 and they have two children. Karen was a [[Ballet dancer|ballerina]] and [[Oakland Raiderettes|Raiderette]] with the [[Oakland Raiders]]. Bob performed ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' with Karen at the [[Akron Civic Theatre]] in Akron in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Seasonal 'Nutcracker' at Akron Civic |url=http://www.stowsentry.com/news/article/1393771 |work=Stow Sentry |publisher=Record Publishing |location=Stow, Ohio |date=November 22, 2006 |access-date=March 25, 2009 |quote=CBT welcomes to the stage, for the Nov. 25, 7p.m. performance, former Cleveland Browns player Bob Golic and his wife Karen. The two will dance in the party scene together. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716152613/http://www.stowsentry.com/news/article/1393771 |archive-date=July 16, 2011  }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|0326488}}

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