James A. Robertson (March 8, 1901 – December 31, 1974) was an American football player and coach.
Playing career Carnegie Tech After playing high school football in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Jimmy Robertson Robertson was expected to go to West Point.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Sidelights on Sports" by Al Abrams 9 March 1942 Instead, he went on to college and played college football at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (now called Carnegie Mellon University).Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Mirrors of Sport" 7 November 1931 Under coach Walter Steffen,Carnegie Mellon Athletics All-Time Coaching Records the squad played teams such as Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Purdue, Michigan State, and USC.Carnegie Mellon University All-Time Football Scores Robertson was team captain and proved instrumental to several key victories in school history.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Tech Scored First Grid Win Over Wash-Jeff 26 Years Ago" by Jack Sell, 30 October 1946 He is considered one of the best players in the history of the school.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Tech Clan Honors Stars" 17 January 1942
Akron Pros After college, Robertson played for the Akron Pros of the National Football League (NFL) in 1924 and 1925.Pro Football Reference James Robertson under head coaches Wayne BrenkertPro Football Reference 1924 Akron Pros and Scotty BiercePro Football Reference 1925 Akron Pros He played for 16 games for Akron, recording statistics on both offense and defense.JT-SW.com James Robertson
Coaching career Robertson was the 16th head football coach at Geneva College located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1933 season-the original plan was for him to coach at Geneva for only one year.New Castle News "Here and There in Sports" 27 March 1933 His coaching record at Geneva was 6–3 Robertson's first game as head coach was a 47 to 0 victory over the California Teacher's College in Pennsylvania.New York Times "GENEVA VICTOR, 47 TO 0.; Opens Football Season by Routing California Teachers." 23 September 1933 After one season, Robertson was expected to be retained as head coach as late as January 1934.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Act on Genevea Coaches Soon-Robertson, Schmidt are Certain to Remain" 27 January 1934
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