Millard Robinson Explained

Millard Robinson
Birth Date:c. 1913
Death Date: (aged 85)
Death Place:Media, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:c. 1935
Player Team2:West Chester
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:1942
Player Team4:Rome Colonels
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:c. 1938
Coach Team2:Upper Yoder HS (PA) (assistant)
Coach Years3:1939–1942
Coach Team3:Prospect Park HS (PA)
Coach Years4:1946–1970
Coach Team4:Swarthmore HS (PA)
Coach Years5:1973
Coach Team5:Swarthmore
Overall Record:0–7 (college)
173–80–8 (high school)

Millard P. Robinson Sr. (c. 1913 – June 10, 1999) was a minor league baseball player and high school and college American football coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Swarthmore High School in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania from 1949 to 1972[2] and at Swarthmore College in 1973.

Robinson played college football at West Chester State Teachers College—now known as West Chester University—in West Chester, Pennsylvania under head coach Glenn Killinger. He began his coaching and teaching career at Upper Yoder High School, near Johnstown, Pennsylvania. In 1939, Robinson was appointed he football coach at Prospect Park High School in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania. Following service in the United States Navy during World War II, Robinson return to coaching and teaching in 1946 at Swarthmore High School.

Robinson died at the age of 85 of a brain tumor, on June 10, 1999, at his home in Media, Pennsylvania.[3]

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College

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Millard Robinson. Baseball-Reference. July 10, 2018.
  2. Web site: Remembering Strath Haven’s Greatest Football Dynasties. swarthmorean.com. July 10, 2018.
  3. News: Price . Bill . Millard Robinson Sr., teacher and coach, 85 . . . June 12, 1999 . 45 . December 27, 2020 . .