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Biography of Eddie Gay Robinson
Name: Eddie Gay Robinson
Birth Date: 1919
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Jackson, Louisiana, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: college football coach
Eddie Gay Robinson
Eddie Robinson (born 1919) brought Louisiana's Grambling State University eight black college football championships during his 56 seasons of coaching. At the time of his retirement, the legendary Robinson had won 408 games, more than any other football coach in history, college or professional.The son of sharecroppers, Eddie Robinson was born in Jackson, LA, but grew up in Baton Rouge. Across the street lived the Williams family, whose son John, 15 years younger than Robinson, would later become the mayor of Grambling. Young Eddie organized sandlot games and was fascinated from an early age with coaching. His heroes were legendary college coaches Bear Bryant and Amos Alonzo Stagg. "Being coach, it's all I ever wanted to be," Robinson later said.Putting Grambling on the MapRobinson completed his bachelor's degree from now-defunct Leland College in 1940. He got a job at a feed mill for 25 cents an hour. Later he would complete a master's degree …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…years and my paycheck has never been late. Do I need to say anything else?"Robinson's last game was a 30-7 loss to Southern University in the Bayou Classic on November 29, 1997. He finished with a record of 408 wins, 165 losses and 15 ties. "These 56 years, I've been about the happiest man in the world for coaching the best athletes in the world," Robinson said at a press conference after his final game. In 1997, the Football Writers Association of America renamed its college coach of the year honor the Eddie Robinson/FWAA Coach's Award. Robinson will be remembered among the greatest football coaches in history. In 1999 he wrote his autobiography (with co-author Richard A. Lapchick) titled Never Before, Never Again. Associated Organizations Further Reading Hawkins, Walter L., ed., African American Biographies, McFarland & Co., 1994.Porter, David L., ed., African-American Sports Greats, Greenwood Press, 1989.Jet, October 20, 1997; December 15, 1997.Sporting News, October 2, 1995; August 25, 1997.Sports Illustrated, December 23, 1996; December 1, 1997.
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