Roy B. Robertson
Biographical details | |
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Born | Pretty Prairie, Kansas | September 9, 1919
Died | March 1, 2000 Manhattan, Kansas | (aged 80)
Alma mater | McPherson |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1936–1939 | McPherson |
Basketball | |
1936–1940 | McPherson |
Track | |
1936–1940 | McPherson |
Position(s) | End (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1945–1949 | Springfield HS (MO) |
1950–1953 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
1954–1956 | Colorado College |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1950–? | Nebraska Wesleyan |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 20–44–4 (college) 29–15–3 (high school) |
Roy B. Robertson (September 9, 1919 – March 1, 2000) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator.[1] He served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1950 to 1953 and Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1954 to 1956, compiling a career college football coaching record of 20–44–4.[2][3]
Robertson letters in football, basketball, track at from McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas before graduating in 1940.[4]
References
- ^ "Roy B. Robertson". signal.baldwincity.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Football Coaching Records" (PDF). Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Colorado College Football History". Colorado College Tigers football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Missouri Prep Mentor New Wesleyan Director; Roy Robertson Succeeds Knight". Lincoln Journal Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. May 22, 1950. p. 9. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
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- Colorado College Tigers football coaches
- McPherson Bulldogs football players
- McPherson Bulldogs men's basketball players
- Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves athletic directors
- Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football coaches
- College men's track and field athletes in the United States
- High school football coaches in Missouri
- People from Reno County, Kansas
- Players of American football from Kansas
- Basketball players from Kansas
- Track and field athletes from Kansas