Eddie Robinson was born on this date in 1919. He would have been 90 years old today. Robinson spent fifty-six years as the head football coach at Grambling State University. During his tenure, Robinson established himself as the winningest coach in college football history, becoming the first coach to record 400 wins. In his career he led Tigers to 8 national Black college titles and more than 200 of his players went on to play in the NFL. He was a father, coach, uncle, disciplinarian, but most of all he was a friend to so many black males that entered his doors as boys and left as grown men.

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