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	Eddie Robinson (football coach) Summary
		Eddie Robinson (born 1919) brought Louisiana's Grambling State University eight fl college football championships during his 56 seasons of coaching.
		Eddie Gay Robinson (not short for Edward) (born February 13, 1919 in Jackson, Louisiana) spent 56 years as the head college football coach at Grambling State University from 1942 until 1997.
		Robinson is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
	www.bookrags.com /Eddie_Robinson_(football_coach) (1864 words)

	Late Eddie Robinson had influence at SSU \| SavannahNow.com
		Robinson compiled a 408-165-15 record and was the winningest coach in all of college football until John Gagliardi of St. John's (Minn.
		Robinson had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease, which was diagnosed shortly after he was forced to retire following the 1997 season.
		Robinson is survived by his wife Doris, son Eddie Robinson Jr.
	www.savannahnow.com /node/255906 (1108 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Former Grambling coach Eddie Robinson dies
		Robinson said he was inspired to become a football coach when a high school team visited the elementary school he attended.
		Neither of Robinson's parents graduated from high school – he was the son of a cotton sharecropper and a domestic worker – and they encouraged him to stay in school and get a college degree.
		Robinson was a star quarterback at Leland College under Reuben S. Turner, a Baptist preacher who introduced Robinson to the playbook and took him to his first coaching clinic.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20070404-0529-fbc-obitrobinson.html (1096 words)

	Eddie Robinson's winning ways - The Boston Globe
		Robinson died this week at 88, the second-winningest coach in the history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
		Robinson told me of the counsel he gave Williams on his way to the pros.
		Robinson once said to me about America, "All I'm trying to do is understand the system and make it work for me." He made it work for generations of fl athletes.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/04/07/eddie_robinsons_winning_ways (752 words)

	My Way News - Ex-Grambling Coach Eddie Robinson Dies
		Robinson said he was inspired to become a football coach when a high school team visited the elementary school he attended.
		Robinson was forced to retire after the 1997 season, after the program fell on tough times.
		Robinson is survived by his wife, son Eddie Robinson Jr., daughter Lillian Rose Robinson, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
	apnews.myway.com /article/20070404/D8O9TVI81.html (1015 words)

	Newhouse News Service - Coaching Icon Eddie Robinson Dies At 88
		Robinson coached at Grambling, a small, rural, predominantly African-American north Louisiana school, for six decades, a span in which the Tigers recorded 408 victories, most amassed by any coach at the time of his retirement in 1997.
		Robinson became the head coach at Grambling — then called Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute — before bombs were dropped on Pearl Harbor, and stayed at his job through four major wars, the administrations of 11 U.S. presidents, and unparalleled social change which accented his accomplishments.
		The first third of Robinson's 57-year career at Grambling was during the South's Jim Crow era, a time in which, despite the restrictions of segregation, he learned and honed his coaching skills — and excelled to an inordinate degree.
	www.newhouse.com /coaching-icon-eddie-robinson-dies-at-88-3.html (2393 words)

	Printer Friendly Version - The long road home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Eddie Robinson, standing in the den of his home in maroon pajamas and fl slippers, turns slowly to his left to see his wife sitting on the sofa, showing the pictures of his life to a visitor.
		Eddie and Doris romanced each other into their 80s as though they were teenagers, but they also share a toughness and a sense of their place in Northern Louisiana and fl America.
		Eddie Robinson, always in a hurry as he walked across campus, could be merciless as he created a national power, just as he could be when he sometimes ran up gaudy scores against hapless opponents.
	www.nydailynews.com /front/v-pfriendly/story/220126p-189136c.html (1710 words)

	Encyclopedia: Eddie Robinson (football coach)
		Edward "Eddie" Gay Robinson (born 13 February 1919 in Jackson, Louisiana) spent 56 years as the head college football coach at Grambling State University from 1942 until 1997.
		Robinson earned his Bachelor's Degree from Leland College in Baker, Louisiana, then went on to obtain his Masters Degree from the University of Iowa in 1954.
		Robinson is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Eddie-Robinson-(football-coach) (917 words)

	Eddie Robinson
		Grambling, LA The son of a Louisiana sharecropper and a domestic worker, Eddie Robinson was born in rural central Louisiana.
		Robinson, the first member of his family to graduate from high school, enrolled at Leland College, where he played football as a quarterback.
		Today, Robinson is known as "the winningest coach in college football." He guided the once-obscure Gambling Tigers to national prominence and popularity.
	www.horatioalger.com /members/member_info.cfm?memberid=rob88 (488 words)

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		Robinson first thought of coaching in the fourth grade, a dream that he turned into a reality, and then a legend.
		Robinson often mentioned that he accomplished everything in life with, “one wife and one job.” It is this kind of dedication and devotion to his family, career, and players he coached that he will always be remembered for long after (or if ever) his records are broken.
		Established in 1997, the Eddie Robinson Foundation was founded to provide college scholarships to young adults so that they can continue their education at the university level.
	www.wvu.edu /~physed/blacksports/fall2002/eddierobinson.htm (388 words)

	Eddie Robinson's body viewed at capitol - Boston.com
		Robinson, who endured the indignities of the Jim Crow era while building tiny and predominantly fl Grambling into a football power, died last week at 88.
		Robinson retired in 1997, with 57 years of coaching and 408 victories to his name, and the majority of his players left Grambling with degrees.
		Robinson, who was only three years older, showed him how he could get a college degree.
	www.boston.com /sports/colleges/football/articles/2007/04/10/eddie_robinsons_body_viewed_at_capitol (843 words)

	SI.com - NCAA Football - Ex-Grambling coach Eddie Robinson dies at 88 - Wednesday April 4, 2007 4:30PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Eddie Robinson, who started coaching at Grambling State in 1941, had a 408-165-15 career record and won nine national fl college championships.
		Robinson built a football powerhouse with a worldwide reputation, all the while struggling to get past years of segregation and discrimination against fls.
		Robinson won 408 games, the most ever for any coach at the time of his retirement in 1997.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2007/football/ncaa/04/04/robinson.obit.ap/index.html (652 words)

	Grambling Remembers Eddie Robinson - Examiner.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Robinson's burial on Wednesday was to mark the end of three days of events to honor the longtime Grambling coach, who died last week at age 88.
		Robinson's wife, Doris, who had attended a memorial service for her late husband in the Capitol a day earlier, was not at the wake.
		Robinson had no paid assistants when he took what would be his first and only college coaching job in 1941.
	www.examiner.com /a-667502~Grambling_Remembers_Eddie_Robinson.html?cid=rss-Sports (805 words)

	Eddie Robinson to lie in state at Louisiana Capitol - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		BATON ROUGE (AP) — Eddie Robinson was earning 25 cents an hour at a feed mill when he heard about a coaching vacancy at a small fl college in the piney hills of northern Louisiana.
		It was a time when Robinson and fellow fls lived in segregation, forbidden to patronize restaurants that catered exclusively to whites or to sit anywhere on a public bus but in the back.
		Robinson never coached either of them, but his success at Grambling laid the groundwork for players of Dungy's and Smith's generation to thrive at larger college programs before moving on to playing and coaching careers in the NFL.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/college/football/2007-04-08-robinson-ceremony_N.htm?csp=34 (774 words)

	Legendary Grambling coach Eddie Robinson dies - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Robinson said one of the high points of his career came following the 1992 season when he became the first fl coach and first from Division I-AA to win the Bobby Dodd Award as coach of the year.
		Robinson always said he wanted to be remembered as a coach who cared about his players and tried to mold them into citizens.
		Robinson was a father figure to many of his players and remained close to many long after they left Grambling.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/college/football/2007-04-04-eddie-robinson-obit_N.htm (1001 words)

	COACH EDDIE G. ROBINSON SR. - A PROFILE
		The 78-year-old Robinson said that coaching football has been his life's ambition since he was a child and he focused in on that ambition at an early age.
		Robinson moved on from high school to become a star quarterback at Leland College under Reuben Turner, a Baptist preacher who introduced Robinson to the concepts of the playbook and coaching clinics.
		Another of Robinson's former Tigers made NFL waves in 1963 as the late Junius "Buck" Buchanan became the first player from a historically fl college to be chosen in the first round of the AFL draft.
	www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Classroom/7295/coachrob.html (1535 words)

	newsobserver.com \| Football coaching pioneer Eddie Robinson dies
		Eddie Robinson, the former college football coach whose pioneering career spanned 11 U.S. presidencies and the civil rights movement, died late Tuesday night in Ruston, La., after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
		Robinson received national attention in 1949 when former player Paul "Tank" Younger signed a contract with the Los Angeles Rams to become the first player signed by the NFL from a historically fl college.
		Robinson was cited by the Football Writers Association of America in 1966 as the person who contributed the most to college football in the previous 25 years.
	www.newsobserver.com /110/story/561038.html (821 words)

	NFL.com: Buffalo Bills Team News - Bills add LB Robinson, KR Rogers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (April 17, 2002) -- Free-agent linebacker Eddie Robinson agreed to terms of a two-year contract with the Buffalo Bills.
		Robinson played for both Bills coach Gregg Williams, former defensive coordinator with the Titans, and Buffalo defensive coordinator Jerry Gray in Tennessee.
		Robinson has missed just one game in his career, starting 148 of the 159 regular-season games in which he has appeared.
	www.nfl.com /ce/multi/0,3783,5245223,00.html (314 words)

	Sporting News, The: He could stop time … but not anymore - Grambling football coach Eddie Robinson - Cover Story
		It was when Eddie Robinson had exhausted the thought of trying to relate to people who were 30, then 40, then 50 years younger than he was.
		Eddie Robinson listened for years as people handing him awards trumpeted that he had served his race, America, just like Jackie Robinson.
		For weeks after the season, Eddie Robinson found himself, after 56 years, in the humiliating position of having to lobby for his job.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n34_v221/ai_19715003 (1513 words)

	Ebony: Burger King salutes America's winningest football coach: Eddie Robinson - coach at Grambling State University - ...
		Eddie Robinson retires as head football coach at the end of the season departing as the winningest coach in football history and leaving behind an unparalleled legacy of excellence and leadership.
		The connection between Eddie Robinson and Grambling State University began in May 1941 when the then 22-year-old laborer stopped tossing grain in a Baton Rouge feed mill and accepted his first professional job.
		All of that, however, is secondary to what Robinson says has been the most important part of coaching--the opportunity to shape his players' minds, build their character and teach them that-whatever they decide to do in life-dedication, determination and hard work will pay off.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n1_v53/ai_20013894 (614 words)

	ESPN.com - NCF - Coaching legend Eddie Robinson dead at 88
		Eddie Robinson retired in 1997 having seen Grambling State rise to national prominence.
		The same year Robinson took his team on the road, 1968, Howard Cosell and Izenberg produced the documentary, "Grambling College: 100 Yards to Glory;" Robinson became vice president of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics; and all three major television networks carried special programming on Grambling football.
		Robinson is survived by his wife, Doris; son, Eddie Robinson Jr.; daughter, Lillian Rose Robinson; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
	sports.espn.go.com /ncf/news/story?id=2825016 (1451 words)

	Eddie Robinson, College Coach, Dies - New York Times
		After Robinson gained his 324th victory, which gave him the most any college football coach had ever achieved, he apologized to his players for his frequent absences in the weeks leading up to the event.
		Robinson was 66 years old and in his 44th season as head coach of the Tigers from central Louisiana.
		Robinson is survived by his wife, Doris; son, Eddie Robinson Jr.; daughter, Lillian Rose Robinson; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren, The Associated Press said.
	www.nytimes.com /2007/04/04/sports/ncaafootball/04cnd-robinson.html?ex=1333339200&en=254c48d681e9579f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (1278 words)

	Coaching Legend Eddie Robinson Dies - College FootballNews Story - WTVJ \| Miami
		Robinson took over at Grambling in 1941 and just eight years later, former player Paul "Tank" Younger singed a contract with the Los Angeles Rams to become the first player signed by the NFL from a historically fl college.
		In 1966, Robinson was cited by the Football Writers Association as the person who contributed the most to college football for the past 25 years.
		Eddie was the consummate husband, father, teacher, leader, role model, and, most of all, the greatest of Americans.
	www.nbc6.net /cfoot/11516939/detail.html (689 words)

	Eddie Robinson (football coach) at AllExperts
		Eddie Gay Robinson (not short for Edward) (born February 13, 1919 in Jackson, Louisiana) spent 56 years as the head college football coach at Grambling State University from 1942 until 1997.
		Robinson is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
		Robinson lives in Grambling, Louisiana with his wife of 64 years, Doris.
	en.allexperts.com /e/e/ed/eddie_robinson_(football_coach).htm (378 words)

	College Sports \| Eddie Robinson, 1919-2007 \| Legendary coach won more than just games \| Seattle Times Newspaper
		Robinson was the winningest coach in all of college football.
		Robinson since 1963, said the coach was an inspiration in the South.
		Robinson is survived by wife Doris, son Eddie Robinson Jr., daughter Lillian Rose Robinson, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/collegesports/2003652213_robinson05.html (872 words)

	Eddie Robinson (soccer) - Famous Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Eddie Robinson (born June 19, 1978 in Orlando, Florida) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.
		Eddie played college soccer at University of North Carolina from 1996 to 2000, finishing his career with four goals and eight assists in 73 games.
		Although Eddie has won two MLS Cups with the Earthquakes, in 2001 and 2003, he has struggled greatly to stay healthy.
	www.famous.tc /Eddie_Robinson_%28soccer%29.html (175 words)

	SOHH.com Global Forum - The Great Eddie Robinson
		It was New Year's Day, 2002 and Eddie Robinson had been going for 45 minutes on the telephone now.
		The legend of Eddie Robinson survives, too important an artifact in American history to be forgotten.
		Eddie Robinson lived to see that day in South Bend, but he'll have a difficult time remembering it.
	forums.sohh.com /showthread.php?t=486916 (807 words)

	Eddie Robinson remembered as legend - 04/05/2007 - MiamiHerald.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Eddie Robinson, when he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997, was asked who were the best players he's ever coached
		Eddie Robinson inspired young men to do great things, to make the most of their lives.
		Robinson was diagnosed with Alzheimer's shortly after he was forced to retire.
	www.miamiherald.com /600/story/64257.html (735 words)

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