Bob Crowley

Robert "Bob" Crowley is the Sole Survivor of.

Bob holds the distinction as the oldest person ever to win Survivor at 57 years of age and is known for creating two convincingly realistic (but counterfeit) Hidden Immunity Idols which assisted him during his time in the competition.

Profile
Robert Crowley considers himself a hybrid of Indiana Jones and Robinson Crusoe. He loves the outdoors and is always ready for his next adventure.

Robert is a high school physics teacher in Gorham, Maine and holds both Associate and Bachelor degrees in forestry from the University of Maine - Orono and a Masters of Education degree from the University of Southern Maine. However, after the school bell rings, Robert becomes an entrepreneur. His wide range of jobs span from being a first mate on a research boat for the Smithsonian Institution in Canada to an entomologist for the USDA, to a skunk relocater, as well as President, Vice President and Chief Negotiator for his local Teacher's Union.

When not on an adventure, Robert interests include journal writing, story telling, photography, bone collecting, archeology and camping.

This tree climbing scientist, who describes himself as honest, adventurous, resourceful and witty, built his truly "green" summer cabin back when green was only referred to as the color. His "green" cabin was completely built with recycled material and requires a fraction of the energy of the average U.S. home. He's built numerous structures from recycled material including wharfs, saunas, a chicken house and a hunting cabin.

Robert strategy is to be a provider and to fly under the radar on SURVIVOR. He's out to prove that nice guys can make it to the end of the game.

Robert and his wife Peggy reside in Portland, Maine. They have two sons, David and John, one daughter, Page, and a high maintenance cat named William. Robert's birth date is February 25, 1951.

Survivor: Gabon
At the start of the season, Bob was placed on the Kota Tribe. Bob had originally been in an alliance with fellow tribemates Jacquie Berg, Marcus Lehman, Charlie Herschel, and Corinne Kaplan. The Kota Tribe proved to be strong by winning the first three challenges. However, when Kota lost the Immunity Challenge and were forced to face Tribal Council, Bob joined his alliance in voting out Paloma Soto-Castillo.

In the following episode, there was a Tribe Switch which ended up taking Jacquie to the opposing Fang tribe. When Jacquie was voted off, Randy Bailey was welcomed into Bob's alliance. The Kota tribe would still stand strong, and the tribe won the next two Immunity Challenges. Bob also helped vote out Dan Kay over the weaker Susie Smith in fear that Dan had the Hidden Immunity Idol. This ended up being the vital mistake to Bob's alliance as Susie would end up switching sides.

On Day 21, both tribes assumed that a merge would be coming up but instead they were welcomed with another tribal swap. Bob and Marcus remained on Kota while Charlie, Randy, and Corinne moved to Fang. When Fang won the Immunity Challenge, Bob had to face Tribal Council where tribemates Ken Hoang, Crystal Cox, and Susie voted out Marcus.

After Marcus was voted out, both tribes merged into the new Nobag Tribe ("Nobag" is Gabon spelled backwards). Charlie ended up getting voted out at the next Tribal Council and it soon appeared that Bob's alliance would crumble. Bob was targeted next, but when he got sent to Exile Island, he created a fake Hidden Immunity Idol. He used to fake idol to secure his spot in the game and Randy, his own alliance member, was blindsided. After Randy's elimination, Bob created another Hidden Immunity Idol in an attempt to save himself and last alliance member, Corinne. Although it was futile and Corinne was eliminated, it caused Ken to betray his own alliance and vote against Matty Whitmore.

Bob's winning streak continued by winning his fifth challenge in a row. This was something his other tribemates did not expect. Later, Ken tried to propose a deal with Bob and said that if he had won immunity he would give it up to Ken since he had tricked him at the last Tribal Council. However, Sugar Kiper informed Bob that it was just a trick to blindside him and Bob went against the idea. In the following Tribal Councils, Crystal and Ken were both voted out.

In the final Immunity Challenge, Bob lost to Susie in a card building challenge. Bob seemed doomed again but he was able to convince Sugar to go on his side and vote against Matty. Knowing that a tie breaker challenge might occur, Bob also started practicing how to build a fire. At Tribal Council, a tie did occur, and as Bob had expected, a tie would take place. Matty and Bob were forced to compete in a fire building challenge and once again, Bob won.

At the Final Tribal Council, Bob was confronted by Ken for not giving up his immunity. Crowley was also confronted by Randy for using the fake Hidden Immunity Idol against him. In the end, the jury voted Bob as the Sole Survivor in a vote of 4-3-0. Bob earned the votes of Marcus, Charlie, Randy, and Corinne. In addition, Bob also won the 'Sprint Player of the Season' award, earning the fan's vote over Sugar and Matty.

Post-Survivor

 * In 2009, Crowley published his autobiography, Making Waves: The Stories of Maine's Bob Crowley. The producers of Survivor, however, forbade Crowley from mentioning the show in his book.

Trivia

 * Bob is currently the oldest Survivor winner. His exact age at the day of winning was 57 years, 9 months and 20 days.The second-oldest winner is Denise Stapley at age 41. The third-oldest winner overall is Tom Westman.
 * He is also the only winner to be over 50 at the time of play.
 * Bob is the oldest person to make it to final tribal council at time of play. The oldest person by birth date is Kim Johnson.
 * Coincidentally, both competed in a season that took place in Africa.
 * Bob is the second male winner to defeat two female finalists at the Final Tribal Council, following Todd Herzog.
 * Coincidentally, both seasons had a Final Three facing a 7-person Jury.
 * Bob is one of three Sole Survivors to be involved in a tie on his way to the final, the others being Richard Hatch and Natalie White.
 * However, Bob is the only one to have experienced a tiebreaker. The other two were spared because someone changed their vote at the revote.
 * Bob was one of the only two original Kotas (along with Marcus Lehman) to remain on Kota during both tribe shuffles.
 * Bob is the second male contestant to win a fire-making tiebreaker.
 * The first when Ian Rosenberger defeated Jenn Lyon in Palau.
 * Bob is the first Survivor winner to also win the Fan Favorite Award.
 * Bob was the only original Kota member to win individual immunity post-merge.
 * Bob is the first (and only) contestant to use his buff as a bowtie.
 * When Randy Bailey played Bob's fake hidden immunity idol, Jeff threw it into the fire, much to the dislike of the viewers. However, once the tribal council was over, Jeff pulled it out so he could give it back to Bob at the reunion show.
 * Julie Berry, a former Survivor contestant, attended the same high school that Bob use to teach, and he was one of her teachers.
 * Bob's whole alliance, the Onion Alliance, on the jury, unitedly voted for him to be the Sole Survivor.
 * Bob became the fourteenth contestant, who won loved ones challenge, following Greg Buis, Tina Wesson, Lex van den Berghe, Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, Helen Glover, Matthew von Ertfelda, Jon Dalton, Tom Buchanan, Eliza Orlins, Terry Deitz, Parvati Shallow, Denise Martin and Alexis Jones.
 * He is the oldest contestant to do so.
 * Bob is also the oldest contestant to win multiple immunity challenges.
 * Bob voted four times for a castaway who was not voted off.  This is a record for a winner.
 * He shares this record with Fabio Birza and John Cochran