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April 4, 2007
Eddie Robinson, Legendary Football Coach at Grambling State U., Is Dead at 88
Eddie Robinson, who led Grambling State University’s football team to 408 wins and only eight losing seasons in his 56 years as head coach, died on Tuesday at the age of 88.
Mr. Robinson, who retired in 1997, held the record for wins by a college football coach until he was surpassed, in 2003, by John Gagliardi of St. John’s University, in Minnesota, a Division III program. Mr. Robinson’s football squads sent more than 200 players to the National Football League, including seven first-round draft picks and Doug Williams, who as a Washington Redskin was the first black quarterback to play in, win, and be recognized as the most valuable player in a Super Bowl.
The enormous success of Mr. Robinson’s football program is widely credited with opening doors for black football players and also with lifting Grambling, formerly the tiny Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute, out of obscurity. When Mr. Robinson took the helm, in 1941, he had to line the field himself as well as fix sandwiches for road trips because his players were not allowed to eat in many restaurants.
He was not bitter, however, according to the Associated Press, which quoted him as saying, “Blacks have had a hard time, but not many Americans haven’t.” —Paul Fain
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If there is ever a person that deserves recognition of being laid in state in the Baton Rouge Capital is Coach Robinson. I am not an athelete ,but I had the honor of meeting Coach and spending time with him ,and his wife, a couple times thereafter at the now defunct Heritage Bowl. Each time I was in his company I just listened to him and soaked up each of his words. It was like no oher feeling I had felt being around anyone else. During one of my time spent with him I was fortunate enough to have one of his “finished product” in the name of Buck Buchannan present. The aura that flowed between the two was like no other I had ever witness b/t a former student and his coach.. or as “Coach” referred to it, a reunion b/t a teacher and and one of his star pupil.
Please do “Coach the recognition he deserves and allow people such as myself to personally pay him the final tribute he so well deserves. Lastly, remember this, he was a proud man who impacted the lives of many people, but mostly young black men. In reality he was a man, who happened to be black, that lived a life most of us could only dream of living. Rest in peace “Coach” the world misses you.
— J Mauri Hamilton Apr 5, 08:27 AM #
I had the pleasure of meeting Coach Robinson in 1987. He took the time to visit with me concerning his teaching and coaching philosophy. He was a great coach and even a greater human being. He was a shining example for others. I will always admire his high moral and ethical standards and outstanding professional attributes.
William Allan Kritsonis, PhD
Professor
PhD Program in Educational Leadership
Prairie View A&M University
Member of the Texas A&M University System
www.nationalforum.com
— William Allan Kritsonis, PhD Apr 5, 12:09 PM #