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{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1929–2016)}}
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{{distinguish|text=Canadian ice hockey player [[Bob Gainey]]}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Bob Gain
| image = 561111-Browns-Colts-program.jpg
| caption = Gain on a 1956 Browns program
| number = 52, 74, 79 
| position = [[Defensive tackle]] <br> [[Defensive end]] <br> [[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]] <br> [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Tackle]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|6|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Akron, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|11|14|1929|6|21}}
| death_place =[[Willoughby, Ohio]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 215
| high_school = [[Weir High School|Weirton (WV) Weir]]
| college = [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]
| draftyear=1951
| draftround=1
| draftpick=5
| pastteams=
* [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] ({{CFL Year|1951}})
* [[Cleveland Browns]] ({{NFL Year|1952}}, {{NFL Year|1954|1964}})
| highlights=
* 3× [[List of NFL champions (1920–69)|NFL champion]] ([[1954 NFL Championship Game|1954]], [[1955 NFL Championship Game|1955]],[[1964 NFL Championship Game|1964]])
* 7× Second-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1955 All-Pro Team|1955]]–[[1959 All-Pro Team|1959]], [[1961 All-Pro Team|1961]], [[1962 All-Pro Team|1962]])
* 5× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1958 Pro Bowl|1957]]-[[1960 Pro Bowl|1959]], [[1962 Pro Bowl|1961]], [[1963 Pro Bowl|1962]])
* [[Cleveland Browns#Cleveland Browns legends|Cleveland Browns Legends]]
* [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[39th Grey Cup|1951]])
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1950 College Football All-America Team|1950]])
* Second-team All-American ([[1949 College Football All-America Team|1949]])
* [[Outland Trophy]] (1950)
* [[Jacobs Blocking Trophy]] (1950)
* 2× First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1949 All-SEC football team|1949]], [[1950 All-SEC football team|1950]])
* Second-team All-SEC ([[1948 All-SEC football team|1948]])
| statlabel1 = [[Fumble]] recoveries
| statvalue1 = 15
| statlabel2 = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue2 = 1
| statlabel3 = [[Quarterback sack|Sack]]s
| statvalue3 = 14.0
| statlabel4 = Total [[touchdown]]s
| statvalue4 = 1
| CollegeHOF = 1678
}}

'''Robert Gain''' (June 21, 1929 – November 14, 2016) was an [[American football]] player who played 13 seasons for the [[Cleveland Browns]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL), and also played in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL). He played in five [[Pro Bowl]]s in the space of seven years with the Browns and was a first-team All-Pro selection once and a second-team selection seven times.<ref>''The Best of Each Season: All-Pro Football Teams: 1920-present''. by Hogrogian, Turney, and Klatt. ''PFRA Publications''. 2011.</ref>

Gain played [[Tackle (American football)|tackle]], [[middle guard]], and [[End (American football)|end]] and was standout defender at tackle, end, and middle guard. Cleveland led the NFL in many defensive categories in his 12 years and the Browns won {{frac|2|3}} of their games and three championships during his career.

==College career==
Gain was a standout offensive and defensive lineman at the [[University of Kentucky]], where he won the [[Outland Trophy]] in 1950 as the nation's Outstanding College Interior Football Lineman of the Year. Gain started at tackle four years (1947–1950) at the [[University of Kentucky]] (SEC). At Kentucky he won All-American honors his last two years (consensus in 1950) and co-captained a Wildcats team that captured the SEC championship. In 1950, the three-year All-SEC selection was chosen the best SEC lineman by the Atlanta (GA) Touchdown and Birmingham (AL) Quarterback Clubs. He was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1980.

==Professional career==
After playing one season in Canada in 1951 with the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] of the [[Canadian Football League]], he returned to Cleveland and played for 12 years (1952, 1954–1964). Gain played defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns (NFL). A stalwart defensive tackle on six Browns Eastern Conference and three (1954–1955, 1964) NFL championship teams, Gain started in five Pro Bowl games.

Gain interrupted his professional career in 1953 to serve in [[Korean War]] for the [[United States Air Force]] as a [[1st Lieutenant]]. <ref name="UKAthObit">{{cite web|title=UK Football Legend Bob Gain Passes Away|url=http://www.ukathletics.com/news/uk-football-legend-bob-gain-passes-away-11-15-2016|website=UKAthletics.com|publisher=University of Kentucky|access-date=16 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117063126/http://www.ukathletics.com/news/uk-football-legend-bob-gain-passes-away-11-15-2016|archive-date=17 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was honored by the Pittsburgh (PA) Dapper Dan Club and was named to the West Virginia and Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame.

He ended his career with a one-time All-Pro and a 7-time Second-team All-Pro record in his 12 seasons, and after the 1957 season was voted the NFL Defensive linemen of the year by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.<ref>Los Angeles Times, Section D, December 28, 1957. pp 34-36</ref>

He ended his career with three NFL championships with the Browns.

The [[Professional  Football Researchers Association]] named Gain to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.com/hall-of-very-good-2010.htm |title=Hall of Very Good Class of 2010 |access-date=November 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017172732/http://www.profootballresearchers.com/hall-of-very-good-2010.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.footballcardgallery.com/player/gainbo00/bob-gain-football-cards/ Gallery of Bob Gain football cards]

{{Outland Trophy}}
{{1950 College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
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{{1951 NFL Draft}}
{{Green Bay Packers 1951 NFL draft picks}}
{{Green Bay Packers first-round draft picks}}
{{39th Grey Cup}}
{{1954 Cleveland Browns}}
{{1955 Cleveland Browns}}
{{1964 Cleveland Browns}}
{{Cleveland Browns Legends}}
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