Passing: Eddie Robinson, Legendary Grambling Football Coach

Legendary Grambling footbaal coach Eddie Robinson died on April 3, 2007 at the age of 88.

NPR News carried two rememberances of Coach Robinson. Bothare worth hearing.

The first by Tom Goldman chronciles the career of Eddie Robinson and just what he meant inside out of football.

"......In nearly 60 years at Grambling, Robinson turned the small, predominantly African-American school into a nationally recognized football presence. He was also the first college coach to win 400 games, winning more than 408 games in his 57-year career.
But his legacy extends far beyond the football field. Robinson said he tried to coach each player as if he wanted him to marry his daughter....."

"....Robinson is survived by his wife, Doris — and scores of African-American men working in football and business and education who are forever indebted to the man they knew as Coach Rob....."

In the second feature from NPR Hall of Famer Willie Brown talks with Noah Adams about his former coach.

Both can be found at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9359811

William Rhoden honors Coach Robinson in a "Sports of the Times" column entitled: "A Coach Who Symbolized a Golden Age of Football" in The New York Times:

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/sports/ncaafootball/05rhoden.html