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Robert Pormann Ufer ( ; April 1, 1920 – October 26, 1981) was an American track and field athlete and radio broadcaster. As an athlete, he set the world indoor record of 48.1 seconds in the indoor 440-yard (quarter-mile) run and was selected as an All-American in 1943. As a broadcaster, he served as the lead broadcaster for the Michigan Wolverines football team for 36 years, starting in 1945. He was in the first group inducted in 1978 into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor along with Gerald Ford, Bill Freehan, Tom Harmon, Ron Kramer, Bennie Oosterbaan, and Cazzie Russell.
At the University of Michigan, Ufer set eight freshman school records in track. At the Big Ten Conference track meet in 1942, he set a new world indoor record of 48.1 seconds in the 440-yard dash, breaking the old record of 48.2.(Ufer "held the world indoor mark for the quarter-mile in 1942") He was a three-time Big Ten Conference champion in the indoor 440-yard dash. Ufer won the 1942 NCAA Track and Field Championships in the 4 × 400 meter relay. He also played halfback on the Michigan Junior varsity in 1939. He graduated with an A.B. in history in 1943.
On October 26, 1981, nine days after his last broadcast, Ufer died at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit after a three-year battle with cancer. He was survived by his wife Phyllis and seven children. Former Michigan defensive coordinator Jim Herrmann told The Michigan Daily in 1995, "Bob Ufer was Michigan football. That's what he lived and died for. I think he would have liked being described that way." Ufer was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Ann Arbor.
Ufer's son, also named Bob Ufer, was the commissioner of the International Hockey League from 1994 to 1998.
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