Edward_C._Robertson

Edward C. Robertson

Edward C. Robertson

American football player and coach (1876–1903)

Edward Cool Robertson (November 1876 – October 31, 1903) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana for one season, in 1901, after a successful playing career at Purdue University.[1]

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Robertson died in a tragic train accident in 1903 when he was serving as an assistant coach at Purdue. He and 15 others associated with the Purdue team perished during a train collision in Indianapolis while the team was on its way to play Indiana.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "1898 Football Team". Purdue University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Football Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Boilermakers football. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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