As coach Robert Emmett "Bobby" Lynch (July 30, 1878[1] – May 1, 1959) was an American baseball player and manager, salesman, and Democratic politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin.
[4] He settled in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he had played two seasons of minor league baseball, and went to work as a sales manager for a building materials company.
[11] Under the 1954 redistricting plan, Lynch resided in the new 2nd Brown County district, which comprised roughly the eastern half of the city of Green Bay, along with two small neighboring towns.
Nevertheless, Lynch won a ninth term in the new district, defeating Republican Emil Priewe with 53% of the vote in the November 1954 general election.
[16] Shortly after settling in Green Bay, Robert Lynch married Marie J. Fischer, who was then the private secretary to Joseph Martin, who was at that time a member of the Democratic National Committee.
Their youngest son, Eugene Michael Lynch, enlisted in the United States Army in February 1943, in the midst of World War II, and was assigned to the 14th U.S. Armored Division.
He was promoted to first lieutenant in late 1945 and earned a purple heart and a silver star after fighting in southern France, central Europe, and the Rhineland.