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Title: Eddie Robinson 19192007


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Eddie Robinson (1919-2007)
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Eddie G. Robinson A Man you Should Know
  • February 13, 1919 - April 3, 2007
  • African American College football coach who spent
    fifty-six years as the head coach at historically
    black Grambling State University in Lincoln
    Parish, located in northern Louisiana, from 1941
    through1997.
  • Some also referred to him as the Martin Luther
    King of football".

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Key Moments in History
  • 1949 Robinsons former player Paul Tank
    Younger signed a contract with the Los Angeles
    Rams to become the 1st player signed by the NFL
    from a predominantly black college.
  • 1966 Football Writers Association of America
    cite Coach Robinson as the person who contributed
    the most to college football for the past 25
    years.

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Key Moments Continued..
  • 1983 - Grambling opened the 7.5 million,
    23,000-seat Eddie Robinson Stadium
  • 1997 retirement
  • 1998 received NFL players Lifetime Achievement
    Award

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Career Highlights
  • Robinson's career highlights included 57 years as
    head coach at Grambling State University, 408
    victories, 45 winning seasons, 17 Southwestern
    Conference Championships, and over 200 players
    sent into the NFL.
  • Robinson helped bring racial awareness to a
    segregated Southern society

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Family
  • Robinson is survived by his wife Doris Robinson
  • Son, Eddie Jr. Robinson
  • Daughter, Lillian Rose Watkins
  • Five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren

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