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  • Eddie Robinson, Legendary Football Coach at Grambling, Dies

    04/04/2007 9:07:17 AM PDT · by kellynla · 25 replies · 929+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | April 4, 2007 | Chris Dufresne
    Eddie Robinson, the record-setting coach who turned Grambling State University into a nationally recognized power, ushered more than 200 players into the National Football League and largely realized his vision of transforming the Louisiana school into the Notre Dame of historically black colleges, has died. He was 88. Robinson, for decades the most recognizable black football coach in the country, died Tuesday at Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston, La., the Associated Press reported. He had Alzheimer's disease. Starting in 1941 at age 22, Robinson coached at Grambling for 57 years and had a career mark of 408-165-15 when he was...