Robert E. Colville (1935 – September 11, 2018[2]) was a Democratic politician and attorney from Pennsylvania.
After graduating from North Catholic High School in 1953, Colville joined the Marines.
Colville then returned to North Catholic, where he was a teacher, and the school's head football coach.
[4] From 1971 through 1975, Colville served as Pittsburgh Chief of Police under Mayor Pete Flaherty.
[5] He was the Allegheny County District Attorney from 1976, when he defeated incumbent John Hickton,[6] until 1998.