Robert Cleckler Bowden
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Robert Cleckler 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 (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Cleckler Bowden canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11827360 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Cleckler Bowden Context triple: [Bobby Bowden, fullName, Robert Cleckler Bowden]
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A.
Sam Bowden
Sam Bowden is the small-town lawyer protagonist in the thriller "Cape Fear," whose family is terrorized by a vengeful ex-convict he once helped imprison.
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B.
David Grant
David Grant is the intelligence expert and reluctant hero who helps thwart a hijacking plot in the action-thriller film "Executive Decision."
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C.
David Grant
David Grant is the aging, cantankerous Midwestern man who embarks on a delusional road trip to claim a supposed sweepstakes prize in Alexander Payne’s film "Nebraska."
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D.
Frank T. Siebert Jr.
Frank T. Siebert Jr. was an American linguist and anthropologist best known for his extensive documentation and preservation of the Penobscot language and other Eastern Algonquian languages.
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E.
Tony Mullen
Tony Mullen is a computer graphics and animation expert best known for his books and tutorials on Blender and 3D animation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Cleckler Bowden Target entity description: Robert Cleckler 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.
Sam Bowden
Sam Bowden is the small-town lawyer protagonist in the thriller "Cape Fear," whose family is terrorized by a vengeful ex-convict he once helped imprison.
-
B.
David Grant
David Grant is the intelligence expert and reluctant hero who helps thwart a hijacking plot in the action-thriller film "Executive Decision."
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C.
David Grant
David Grant is the aging, cantankerous Midwestern man who embarks on a delusional road trip to claim a supposed sweepstakes prize in Alexander Payne’s film "Nebraska."
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D.
Frank T. Siebert Jr.
Frank T. Siebert Jr. was an American linguist and anthropologist best known for his extensive documentation and preservation of the Penobscot language and other Eastern Algonquian languages.
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E.
Tony Mullen
Tony Mullen is a computer graphics and animation expert best known for his books and tutorials on Blender and 3D animation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football coach
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college football coach ⓘ human ⓘ sports figure ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Howard College
ⓘ
Samford University ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pancreatic cancer ⓘ |
| child |
Terry Bowden
ⓘ
linked to:
Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowden ⓘ |
| coachingTenureEnd |
Florida State Seminoles football 2009
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Samford Bulldogs football 1962 ⓘ West Virginia Mountaineers football 1975 ⓘ |
| coachingTenureStart |
Florida State Seminoles football 1976
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linked to:
Florida State Seminoles football
Samford Bulldogs football 1959 ⓘ West Virginia Mountaineers football 1970 ⓘ |
| conferenceTitle |
Atlantic Coast Conference football championships with Florida State
ⓘ
linked to:
Florida State Seminoles football
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-11-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-08-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Howard College
ⓘ
Samford University ⓘ |
| employer |
Florida State University
ⓘ
Samford University ⓘ West Virginia University ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| headCoachOf |
Florida State Seminoles football
ⓘ
Samford Bulldogs football ⓘ
linked to:
Samford Bulldogs
West Virginia Mountaineers football ⓘ |
| inductedInto | College Football Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| knownFor |
transforming Florida State University football into a national powerhouse
ⓘ
winning two national championships at Florida State ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsHallOfFame | College Football Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| name | Robert Cleckler Bowden ⓘ |
| nationalChampionship |
1993 NCAA Division I-A football season
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1999 NCAA Division I-A football season ⓘ |
| nickname | Bobby Bowden ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
led Florida State to 14 consecutive top-five finishes in the AP Poll (1987–2000)
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led Florida State to 28 consecutive bowl games ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football coach
ⓘ
college football coach ⓘ |
| overallWins | 350+ ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tallahassee, Florida, United States ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Howard College football team
ⓘ
linked to:
Howard College
|
| positionPlayed | quarterback ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Tallahassee, Florida, United States ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| spouse | Ann Bowden ⓘ |
| styleOfWork | offensive-minded coaching with wide-open passing attack ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Cleckler Bowden Description of subject: Robert Cleckler Bowden was a legendary American college football coach best known for transforming Florida State University into a national powerhouse and winning two national championships.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.