Auburn Tigers | |
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Position | End |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Brooklyn, Conecuh County, Alabama, U.S. | October 26, 1893
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Auburn (1911–1914) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Henry William "Robbie" "Captain" Robinson (October 26, 1893 – ?) was an American college football player and coach. During the First World War, he played for the 1917 Camp Gordon football team.
He was a prominent end for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University from 1911 to 1914. He was a member of an All-time Auburn Tigers football team selected in 1935, [1] as well as coach Donahue's all-time Auburn team. [2] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. [3]
Robinson was All-Southern in 1913. [4]
He was captain of the 1914 team. [5] One writer claims "Auburn had a lot of great football teams, but there may not have been one greater than the 1913-1914 team." [6]
Robinson assisted coach Bill Alexander and the national champion 1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team by coaching the ends. [7]
Michael Joseph "Iron Mike" Donahue was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track, soccer, and golf, and a college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University, at Louisiana State University (1923–1927), and at Spring Hill College (1934).
The 1913 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Tigers were retroactively recognized as a national champion in 1999 by the Billingsley Report's alternative calculation which considers teams' margin of victory. The team was coached by Mike Donahue and was undefeated at 8–0, outscoring opponents 224–13.
The 1917 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1917 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' 26th season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Drake Field in Auburn, Alabama. They finished with a record of six wins, two losses and one tie.
Lewis Woolford Hardage was an American college football player and college football and baseball coach.
John Emmett "Boozer" Pitts Sr. was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University from 1923 to 1924 and again for the final seven games of the 1927 season, compiling a career record of 7–11–6. He was also a professor of mathematics at Auburn in the 1930s.
Richard Joseph "Moon" "Duke" DuCôté was an American baseball, football, and basketball coach, football and baseball player, football official, and businessman. He first attended Spring Hill College and was a notable athlete at Auburn University. He played minor league baseball with the Mobile Bears, Portsmouth Truckers, and Charlotte Hornets. In 1920, he played with the Cleveland Tigers of the American Professional Football Association (APFA).
Richard Irven "Bull" Kearley was a college football player.
James Kirk "Runt" Newell was an American football and baseball player for the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. He lettered four years in both, as well as once in each of basketball, track, and soccer. He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.
Madison LeRoy "Pete" Bonner was a college football player.
The 1921 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. This was the last year before many schools left the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) for the Southern Conference (SoCon).
The 1914 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.
The 1913 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.
The 1912 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Lew Hardage was selected for Walter Camp's third-team All-American. Vanderbilt won the SIAA championship. Georgetown won the SAIAA championship.
Jim H. "Big" Thigpen was a college football player.
George Ellis "Baby" Taylor was an American college football player and coach. He assisted the 1916 Spring Hill Badgers football team.
Frank A. "Red" Harris was a college football and baseball player and coach.
William Charles "Lou" or "Bill" Louisell was a college football player and coach for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. After playing one year in the backfield, he was shifted to the line and was chosen second-string All-Southern as a member of the undefeated 1913 SIAA championship team. He made the varsity in his first year, and was also the team's best punter. He weighed 183 pounds and was "one of the most aggressive tackles has ever had." One writer claims "Auburn had a lot of great football teams, but there may not have been one greater than the 1913–1914 team."
Frank Wayne "Tubby" Lockwood was an All-Southern college football guard for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University.
Tom Whited Dutton was an American college football player.
George Washington "Doc" Penton was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Jacksonville State Normal School in 1910 and at Troy State Normal School from 1911 to 1912, compiling a career college football coaching record of 8–4–3. Penton played college football at Auburn University as a guard and fullback from 1907 to 1909. He was the brother of fellow football player and coach, John Penton.