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Robert H. "Bob" Kurz

Skokie, Illinois

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DIED
November 11, 2022
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Skokie, Illinois

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Robert H. "Bob" Kurz passed away peacefully on Friday, November 11, 2022. The son of Walter (former publisher of the Chicago Tribune) and Ethel Hull Kurz, he served as Associate Athletic Director of Northwestern University from 1974 to 1979. A lifelong sports fan and an avid golfer, he was a...

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I was Bob's trainer at the McGaw YMCA in Evanston. I can tell you that Bob was a wonderful role model for me and the rest of the staff. He never let his physical limitations get in the way of accomplishing what he set out to do in his training sessions with me or some of the other trainers he worked with over the years. He had wonderful anecdotes of some of the most successful college football coaches that he covered and later wrote about. He enriched my life just by the example of how...