Eddie Robinson was flat out a great man. You could look into his eyes and know he’s been through it all, and never stopped trying to do right. I’m real sad to hear he passed, but he’s a legend and he won’t be forgotten.
RUSTON, La. (AP) — Eddie Robinson, the longtime Grambling coach whose tireless work in breaking down racial barriers transformed a small, black college into a football power that produced hundreds of NFL players, has died. He was 88.
The soft-spoken coach spent nearly 60 years at Grambling State University, where he set a standard for victories with 408 and nearly every season relished seeing his top players drafted by NFL teams.
Doug Williams, a Super Bowl MVP quarterback was one of them. Williams said Robinson died shortly before midnight Tuesday. Robinson had been admitted to Lincoln General Hospital earlier in the day.
