Hall of Fame
Bob Pollihan earned his accounting degree from Quincy College in 1973. It’s Bob’s exceptional soccer skills, tenacity on the soccer field and leadership in QU soccer and in St. Louis soccer communities that merit a QU Sports Hall of Fame induction.
Bob played a key role in the 1971 QU men’s soccer team winning a national championship and in the 1972 team getting to the finals. Bob was a member of the first, second and third place QU national soccer tournament teams. He was on the all-national tournament team in 1970 and on the District 20 all-star team in 1971, and Bob is a member of the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame.
In the words of one of Bob’s former co-captains Jim Huneke, “Bob was a special soccer player right from the beginning of his time at Quincy.” Bob earned a starting position early in his freshman season and remained a starter throughout his college career, playing four different positions. Few players could contribute skillful, consistent, versatile performances like Bob did.
Comments from players include that Bob displayed excellent passing skills, was exceptional in the air, tenacious defensively and covered a lot of ground. He was gifted technically and loved scoring goals.
Bob was instrumental in framing the legacy of the QU men’s soccer program.
