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Taking time to appreciate history
2007-10-04 22:05:00 When I was younger I worshiped the Bulls. As an elementary school student in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, I canâ??t remember a book report that I wrote that didnâ??t involve Michael Jordan. In â??91, when the Bulls game started and the Alan Parsons Projectâ??s Sirius came on, my parents would ...
By: Bull Riding
Grambling Remembers Eddie Robinson
2007-04-11 16:50:00 Grambling Remembers Eddie Robinson-read below the dotted line for my own personal Coach "ROB" story.By BRETT MARTELAP Sports WriterGRAMBLING, La. -- It was the kind of gathering of former NFL stars that might draw a crowd in any other small town. Here, they were part of the crowd, just a handful of men among thousands of people honoring the late coaching legend Eddie Robinson."He's as great a person, or mentor or coach as America has ever had," said James Harris, the former Grambling State University quarterback who became one of the first black quarterbacks in the NFL when he joined O.J. Simpson in the Buffalo Bills' backfield. "There are so many things to be thankful for and proud of that you just had an opportunity in life to be touched by such an outstanding person."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. On Monday, he joined only a handful of other figures in Louisiana his...
Coach Eddie Robinson Passes
2007-04-05 01:05:00 Eddie Robinson, former Grambling State University football coach, passed away last night. In case you aren’t aware of his legacy, here is a brief summary of his life and the impact that he had on college football. Robinson got his start as an unpaid assistant at Grambling. He then moved his way up to head coach ...
By: Walk Taken!
Football Legend Eddie Robinson passed away
2007-04-04 22:10:00 Per USA Today: Eddie Robinson was more than one of the winningest college football coaches of all time. He was the embodiment of the American dream. The son of a domestic worker and a Louisiana sharecropper, he rose to the top of his profession, winning 408 games in 55 years, all at Grambling State in Louisiana. Robinson died Tuesday night at Lincoln Hospital in Ruston, La., after being admitted earlier in the day. He was 88 years old. Robinson was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease shortly after he retired in 1997. He is survived by his wife Doris, son Eddie Jr., and daughter Lillian Robinson. This is a loss for the sport of Football overall, as Robinson was an incredible Coach and human being. His legacy will continue unabated as players and Coaches he mentored continue successful careers throughout the nation. The Washington Redskins have Eddie Robinson to thank for Doug Williams, a Grambling product, who would take MVP honors in our Super Bowl XXII victory over the Denver Bron...
By: Hogs Haven
Eddie Robinson Dies at 88
2007-04-04 18:10:00 College football and sports as a whole, lost one of its greats last night when longtime Grambling coach Eddie Robinson died at the age of 88 after battling Alzheimer's for the better part of the past decade.Robinson's, and consequently, Grambling's success was due to the determination and passion that he brought to every aspect of his job, and he needed every bit of that to turn Grambling into a nationally recognized household name. Consider this - when he first got there in 1941, the school was still known as the Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute. Heading a program woefully short on resources in the segregated American South, he was forced to act as groundskeeper, trainer, and for lack of a better term, team mom, preparing sandwiches for his players for road trips.In spite of the institutional obstacles in his way, he went on to achieve some remarkable feats in his six decades at the helm. His mark of 408 wins is the second most of all time in college football, and...
By: Going Deep
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