Bobby Bowden
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Bobby Bowden was a legendary American college football coach best known for transforming Florida State University into a national powerhouse and winning two national championships.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bobby Bowden canonical | 12 |
| Bobby Bowden as a leader of young men | 1 |
| Bobby Bowden as a mentor to players | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2532958 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Bobby Bowden Context triple: [Florida State Seminoles football, notableHeadCoach, Bobby Bowden]
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Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz is a Hall of Fame American college football coach best known for revitalizing the University of Notre Dame’s football program and leading it to the 1988 national championship.
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Ara Parseghian
Ara Parseghian was a Hall of Fame college football coach best known for revitalizing the University of Notre Dame program in the 1960s and 1970s and winning two national championships.
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Tom Osborne
Tom Osborne is a legendary American college football coach and former U.S. congressman best known for leading the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers to three national championships.
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D.
Lefty Driesell
Lefty Driesell is an American college basketball coach best known for transforming the University of Maryland into a national power and for his long, successful career across multiple Division I programs.
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Dick Kazmaier
Dick Kazmaier was a celebrated American college football halfback who won the 1951 Heisman Trophy while starring for Princeton University.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Bobby Bowden Target entity description: Bobby Bowden was a legendary American college football coach best known for transforming Florida State University into a national powerhouse and winning two national championships.
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A.
Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz is a Hall of Fame American college football coach best known for revitalizing the University of Notre Dame’s football program and leading it to the 1988 national championship.
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B.
Ara Parseghian
Ara Parseghian was a Hall of Fame college football coach best known for revitalizing the University of Notre Dame program in the 1960s and 1970s and winning two national championships.
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C.
Tom Osborne
Tom Osborne is a legendary American college football coach and former U.S. congressman best known for leading the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers to three national championships.
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D.
Lefty Driesell
Lefty Driesell is an American college basketball coach best known for transforming the University of Maryland into a national power and for his long, successful career across multiple Division I programs.
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E.
Dick Kazmaier
Dick Kazmaier was a celebrated American college football halfback who won the 1951 Heisman Trophy while starring for Princeton University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football coach
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award
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Paul Bear Bryant Award ⓘ
linked to:
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pancreatic cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-11-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-08-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Howard College
ⓘ
University of Alabama ⓘ |
| employer |
Florida State University
ⓘ
Howard College ⓘ South Georgia College ⓘ
linked to:
South Georgia State College
West Virginia University ⓘ |
| endTime |
head coach at Florida State University 2009
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head coach at West Virginia University 1975 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | college football coaching ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Cleckler Bowden ⓘ |
| genre | autobiographical sports writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | legendary college football coach ⓘ |
| influenced |
Florida State Seminoles football program
ⓘ
linked to:
Florida State Seminoles football
|
| memberOfSportsHallOfFame | College Football Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| nickname | Bobby ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
built Florida State into a perennial national powerhouse in college football
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coached Florida State to 14 consecutive top-five finishes in the AP poll from 1987 to 2000 ⓘ led Florida State to national titles in 1993 and 1999 seasons ⓘ won more than 350 games as a college head coach ⓘ won two NCAA Division I-A national championships with Florida State University ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Called to Coach
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The Bowden Way ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| occupation | college football coach ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tallahassee, Florida, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head football coach at Florida State University
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head football coach at Howard College ⓘ head football coach at South Georgia College ⓘ head football coach at West Virginia University ⓘ offensive coordinator at West Virginia University ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Tallahassee, Florida, United States ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| spouse | Ann Bowden ⓘ |
| startTime |
head coach at Florida State University 1976
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head coach at West Virginia University 1970 ⓘ |
| teamCoached |
Florida State Seminoles football
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Samford Bulldogs football ⓘ
linked to:
Samford Bulldogs
South Georgia College football ⓘ
linked to:
South Georgia State College
West Virginia Mountaineers football ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Bobby Bowden Description of subject: Bobby Bowden was a legendary American college football coach best known for transforming Florida State University into a national powerhouse and winning two national championships.
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linked to: Bobby Bowden
linked to: Bobby Bowden