Playing for 13 years in the eight-team American League, he appeared with every A.L. Dr. Jones and Robinson took advantage of the publicity, and soon Grambling was playing other predominantly black college teams in major cities before big crowds in places like Yankee Stadium. He hit .268 with 172 homers and 723 RBIs in 1,315 career games. Robinson had been in declining health since learning he had Alzheimers His players would travel to games dressed in suits and ties. But, as he told it in his memoir, his father began drinking heavily when the Depression hit and lost his business. He was always looking for an edge way before it was even logical to get an edge.. Van Halens body was cremated 22 days after his death and his ashes have been given to his son Wolfgang. No cause of death was given. Along with his football duties, Robinson coached the basketball and baseball teams, mowed the fields, taped ankles and wrote game accounts for local newspapers. The Tigers won 35 of 46 games in Youngers four seasons. franchise of his time except for the Boston Red Sox. Ex-Rangers GM Eddie Robinson still has time to share his love of the game. Robinson was part of Cleveland's last championship team in 1948. Eddie was always seeking information. He hit .314 that year, but Chicago traded him to the Athletics in January 1953. Coach Rob is a great motivator, Williams once said. Eddie Robinson was the oldest living former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and the last surviving member of the 1948 World Series winning Cleveland The basketball coach Eddie Robinson died at the age of 88. Get the day's top news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning. He played in Cleveland through 1948. At one point in the early 1970s, there were 43 former Grambling players in NFL training camps. In Robinsons second season, he produced an undefeated football team. Email us at [email protected] or call 212 416 4552. The cause of death was related to Alzheimers disease, Dr. Ruby Higgins, a close family friend, said. "The Texas Rangers are incredibly saddened with the passing of the legendary Eddie Robinson, who spent nearly 70 years in professional baseball as an All-Star player and respected executive," the team said in a statement. Robinson played a role in a poignant baseball event in the summer of 1948. The rock icon died in October at the age of 65. Stanky lasted just one game before returning home to Alabama. He kept players in spiritual line by insisting on handing out weekly laundry stipends at church. I can coach with anyone, Robinson once said, but there was more to him than football. He published a memoir, Lucky Me: My Sixty-five Years in Baseball, written with C. Paul Rogers III, in 2011. Though he was best known for winning more football games than any other coach when he retired, Eddie Robinsons impact on coaching and the game of football went far beyond wins and losses.. After retiring in 1957, Robinson served as a coach for Baltimore before switching to player development and scouting for the Orioles and several other teams. He always wanted us to look for a way to succeed, not a reason to fail.. He made Grambling famous while coaching teams to a 408-165-15 record. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Robinsons reign would begin to wane after major Southern colleges started to integrate their rosters in the 1960s. The death was announced by the Texas Rangers, for which Mr. Robinson served as general manager. His death was attributed to natural causes. Mr. Robinson, who had several brushes with the law, was the subject of these musings in an autobiography his father was writing when he died last year at 79: Whatever agonies of spirit forced him into those behavior patterns are matched now by my own agonies as I remember them. In 1945 when football resumed, Robinson faced a problem when the father of his top two players pulled his sons off the squad because he needed them to pick cotton. I got that at Grambling.. Robinson had been in declining health since learning he had Alzheimers disease in 2004. He worked as a scout and consultant for former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in the early 1980s, and his last year in baseball was as a scout for the Boston Red Sox in 2004. All of those teammates except for Bearden are in the Hall of Fame. 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He was at one time teammates with Mickey Mantle and later was Aarons GM during the chase for home run No. Death location. 12:00 a.m. April 7, 2007 For The Record Los Angeles Times Saturday April 07, 2007 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 0 inches; 29 words Type of Material: Correction Robinson obituary: The obituary of former Grambling football Coach Eddie Robinson in Thursdays Section A identified one of Robinsons former players as Willis Davis. Doris aunt told Eddie there was an opening for a football coach, and he was named the schools coach in August 1941. Average Age & Life Expectancy Eddie R Robinson lived 20 years shorter than the average Robinson family member when he died at the age of 50. I cant stay away from football, he said. Yogi, you wont believe this, Mr. Robinson said, but Stanky just quit. His father owned a prosperous auto repair shop, and his mother was a homemaker. Eddie Robinson, a four-time All-Star and the oldest living former major leaguer, died Monday at He believed the success of Grambling players, on and off the field, served to advance the cause of civil rights. BASEBALL'S oldest living player Eddie Robinson has passed away at 100-years-old after the star "had a life well-lived." At the peak of his power, Robinson proudly paraded his Tiger teams around the country on barnstorming tours, a Deep South version of Notre Dames Fighting Irish football team. After the dust settled and Mr. Robinson ultimately hired Billy Hunter the Rangers were led by four managers in eight days. franchise of his time except for the Boston Red Sox. He was a power-hitting All-Star in a career of more than 60 seasons as a player, executive, coach and scout. Nevertheless, in a pattern that recurred throughout his career, Mr. Robinson often found himself on teams with a surplus of slow-footed first basemen and was frequently traded. Read his #SABR bio: https://t.co/TGEfKhH9dP pic.twitter.com/JwtEyWzOhT. For me, it was walls falling down.. After serving as general manager of the Texas Rangers from 1977 to 1982, Mr. Robinson worked as a scout for several teams until 2004. With black players unable to attend major colleges in the South because of segregation, Robinson stocked his early Grambling squads with a remarkable array of football talent. He just embraced life in every respect. Cause of death Robinson died on July 11, 2021, at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, from cardiac arrest with multisystem organ failure due to septic shock and metastatic adenocarcinoma, a type of glandular cancer. He was GM of the Atlanta Braves from 1972-76, then had that role with the Rangers. The 1960s and 70s brought racial integration to the football programs of large state universities in the South. --His wife may be Daisy Walston Robinson who is also buried in this cemetery. Robinson was traded to the Athletics, who had moved to Kansas City, during the 1956 season. His name is Willie Davis. ; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He had a career mark of 408-165-15 when he was forced to retire in 1997. While the drama was unfolding, Mr. Robinson received a call from Berra, his former teammate on the Yankees. Surpassing Bryant in 1985 was a watershed event, though Robinson downplayed the significance of his eclipsing the record of a man who coached at a school -- the University of Alabama -- that did not integrate its football squad until 1971. dd/mm/yyyy. More than 200 of Robinsons players went on to play in the National Football League. The Indians beat the Boston Red Sox in a playoff game to win the American League pennant, then faced the Boston Braves in the World Series. Edward G. Robinson Jr. was born on March 19, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Some Like It Hot (1959), Get Smart (1965) and Invasion, U.S.A. (1952). He was previously married to Nan Elizabeth Morris, Ruth Elaine Menold Conte and Frances Chisholm. He died on February 26, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He has twice been named one of the top 10 beat writers in the country by the AP Sports Editors. 3 on the back, and walked onto the field from the Indians dugout on June 13, 1948. Eddie Robinson, a power-hitting All-Star first baseman who played for the 1948 Cleveland Indians World Series champions and the Yankees 1955 pennant For Eddie Robinson, it was truly a life well lived.. In 1974, as general manager of the Atlanta Braves, Mr. Robinson traded an aging Hank Aaron then baseballs all-time home run king to the Milwaukee Brewers, for a sentimental return to the city where Aaron had enjoyed his greatest success. I played as long as I could play, whenever I could play and as hard as I could play. Robinson made his big league debut with Cleveland at age 21 in 1942, then served in the military during World War II before returning to the Indians from 1946-1948. He never told us life was unfair. Its changed so much. The home run is the big thing, and the strikeout is overlooked., Robinson wryly laid claim to a particular milestone achievement. Younger became Robinsons first black college all-American, and the Los Angeles Rams made him the first N.F.L. pennant, were the aces of their pitching staff. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. --Occupation: Lumber worker. Find more Rangers coverage from The Dallas Morning News here. Eddie Van Halens cause of death has been confirmed, two months after the rock icon died. Collie Nicholson, a former Grambling sports information director, once said, We promoted Grambling like a circus. The plan succeeded and by 1974 football was making $400,000 a year for the college. The Rangers helped Robinson celebrate his 100th birthday last December, and said he made a final spring training visit to Arizona last February. Robinson is survived by his second wife, Bette, and his four sons, Robby, Marc, Paul and Drew. After he finished playing, Robinson was a coach for Baltimore before switching to player development and scouting for the Orioles and several other teams. After he finished playing, Robinson was a coach for Baltimore before switching to player development and scouting for the Orioles and several other teams. The college was renamed Grambling in 1946, the year after a huge, swift halfback named Paul Younger, who was known as Tank, appeared on the campus. He was the last surviving member of the 1948 World Series champion Cleveland Indians. Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former major league player whose more than six decades in professional baseball included being general manager for two teams, has died at his Texas ranch outside Austin. Robinson was the last surviving player from the 1948 World Series champion Cleveland Indians. That was his way of saying there are no excuses. He played with Bob Feller and was coached by Tris Speaker and Rogers Hornsby. The Texas Rangers are incredibly saddened with the passing of the legendary Eddie Robinson, who spent nearly 70 years in professional baseball as an All-Star player and respected executive, the team said in a statement. Here is all you want to know, and more! Off the field, he was soft-spoken, slump-shouldered and liked to quote works of literature. In his memoir, Lucky Me (2011, with C. Paul Rogers III), Robinson wrote how the Yankee owner George Steinbrenner offered him the teams general managers post in June 1982 and related that he considered George one of my real friends in baseball. But he decided to work as a Yankee scout and consultant instead, since he was well aware of Steinbrenners reputation as a difficult boss. player from a predominantly black college. Robinson hit .268 with 172 homers and 723 RBIs in 1,315 career games. Eddie Robinson in 1954, when he was an infielder for the Yankees. The musician died on October 6, 2020, at the age of 65, following a Williams succeeded Robinson as Gramblings coach. Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. (In 2003, his victory total was surpassed by John Gagliardi of St. Johns University, a Division III institution in Collegeville, Minn. Robinsons victory total is second only to Gagliardis 443.). RIP Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former @MLB player, who has died at the age of 100. The Yankees obtained Robinson before the 1954 season in a multiplayer trade with the Athletics. He also played for the Washington Senators (1949-50), Chicago White Sox (1950-52), Philadelphia Athletics (1953), New York Yankees (1954-56), Detroit Tigers (1957) and Baltimore (1957). He died of his injuries 5 days later. He was 100. He spent two years as a part-time player and pinch hitter with the Yankees, slugging 16 home runs in just 173 at-bats in 1955. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact). Williams, the first African American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl, threw four touchdown passes and was named the games most valuable player. Dr. Brown, who played for the Yankees in the 1940s and 50s, passed away in March at 96. 3, Robinson was in Clevelands dugout. The school hired a public relations man to orchestrate a national publicity campaign as Grambling scheduled games against other historically black schools in venues that included Yankee Stadium, the Rose Bowl and the Los Angeles Coliseum. He was a four-time All-Star. In May 1941, he married Doris Mott, his high school sweetheart, who had an aunt who worked at Grambling, when it was known as Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute and consisted of five buildings surrounded mostly by peach orchards and hog farms. Mr. Robinson was one of baseballs last links to the era before the game expanded to California in the late 1950s. The Hawks barely avoided being shut out in a 4-1 defeat Tuesday. Hindered by a leg injury, he retired in 1957, after brief stints playing in Kansas City, Baltimore, Cleveland and Detroit. He appeared in eight games that season, then spent three years in military service before rejoining the Indians late in 1946. Whether youre a lifelong resident of D.C. or you just moved here, weve got you covered. Lucchesi spent several days in the hospital, and Randle was promptly traded. Mike Foster stepped in and said Robinson, then 77, deserved another year. In one of his first bold coaching strokes, Robinson got the players back. He gave us a way of looking at life, said Everson Walls, who played cornerback at Grambling and in the NFL. His 408 wins stood as the most by a football coach at any collegiate level until November 2003, when John Gagliardi topped Robinson by notching his 409th victory for St. Johns, a Division III school in Minnesota. The Texas Rangers, the team for which Robinson was GM from 1976-82, said he died Monday evening. Younger was the first of four Robinson players to be named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His Grambling teams won nine National Black College championships and 17 Southwestern Athletic Conference titles and had only eight losing seasons. In 1948, when Mr. Robinson was with Cleveland, he had a role in one of the most memorable moments in baseball history: Ruths final visit to Yankee Stadium. His death was announced by the Texas Rangers, for whom he had been general manager from 1976 to 1982. BASTROP, Texas -- Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former major league player whose more than six decades in professional baseball included being general manager for two teams, has died. Also trending are terms like Eddie Long AIDS, according to Twitter. Im from Paris, Texas, population 20,000, Mr. Robinson recalled to the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1998, and I remember thinking, Man, weve got four times as many people watching me play baseball. The noise was kind of a constant roar.. The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New York City. His parents divorced when he was young, and he supported his mother by loading trucks before and after school. 715. He was 100. Rogers related a story of Robinson, long-since retired from the game, working into his 90s with the MLB Players Alumni Association to help get satisfaction for players whose pensions were not fully vested due to service-time issues. He also traded Aaron to Milwaukee so he could finish up his legendary career where he began. The Rangers helped Robinson celebrate his 100th birthday last December, and said he made a final spring training visit to Arizona last February. Eddie Robinson, Oldest Living Former Major-League Player, Dies at 100 Years Old Joseph Salvador Oct 5, 2021 Former MLB first baseman Eddie Robinson He was an All-Star twice while with Yogi, what are you calling me for? Mr. Robinson recalled years later to the Star-Telegram. 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Robinson made his big league debut with Cleveland at age 21 in 1942, then served in the military during World War II before returning to the Indians from 1946-48. ), He carried that bat up to home plate, Mr. Robinson recalled. Im standing there on the field, crying because I remember what it was like. Larry Doby, who had become the American Leagues first Black player in 1947, was the center fielder and Bob Feller, Bob Lemon and Gene Bearden, who bested the Red Sox in a one-game playoff for the A.L. This article was published more than1 year ago. Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former major league baseball player, who spent 65 years in the sport as a player, scout and executive and was the last surviving member of the 1948 World Series champion Cleveland Indians, died Oct. 4 at his ranch in Bastrop, Tex. The Texas Rangers, the team for which Robinson was GM from 1976-82, said he died Monday night at his ranch in Bastrop, Texas. Evan graduated from Georgia State University, but oddly is a Georgia fan. He worked as a scout and consultant for former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in the early 1980s, and his last year in baseball was as a scout for the Boston Red Sox in 2004. Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. Robinson also worked as a scout and consultant for theNew York Yankees in the early 1980s. After a brief major league call-up in 1942, he spent part of his three-year naval service during World War II playing baseball. during the 1960s, such as James Harris, Ernie Ladd, Roosevelt Taylor and Willie Williams, brought enormous attention to Grambling as a cradle of pro players. According to Eddie's death certificate, the guitar legend died following a cerebrovascular event, or a stroke, TMZ reports. The 4-time All-Star first baseman for @Indians and @whitesox later became GM of the @Rangers and a scout for @RedSox, @astros & @Orioles. Ive seen a lot, he once said. He also played for the Washington Senators (1949-1950), Chicago White Sox (1950-1952), Philadelphia Athletics (1953), New York Yankees (1954-1956), Detroit Tigers (1957) and Baltimore (1957). He stood for all the right things.. Robinsons effect on college football was profound. He was 100. Robinsons last few years as a coach were not without controversy. Four ways the Dodgers can fill the hole in their lineup, With Chargers $20 million over the salary cap, coach Brandon Staley explains strategy. Robinson reluctantly agreed to resign in 1997, after his second straight 3-8 season and an NCAA inquiry that resulted in probation for minor violations. How else can you judge me, except for what I accomplish?, Eddie Robinson, 88, Pioneer Grambling Coach, Is Dead, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/sports/ncaafootball/05robinson.html. Became a father at age 20 when his 1st [later ex] wife Frances Chisholm gave birth to their daughter Here is all you want to know, and more! He represented the White Sox as an All-Star in the 1951 and 1952 seasons. The only AL team of that period he didnt play for was Boston. Although Grambling belonged to the Southwestern Athletic Conference, whose members were all predominantly black colleges, it could occasionally schedule a major intersectional opponent like Oregon State or Southern Methodist because it was such a gate attraction. His parents, who would later divorce, moved to Baton Rouge when Eddie was 8. I have ridden on the back of the bus. But as he told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram in an interview marking his 100th birthday: I just dont enjoy baseball today like I did in the Golden Age. BASTROP, Texas Former White Sox first baseman Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former major league player whose more than six decades in professional baseball included being general manager for two teams, has died. They included the University of Alabama, where Bryant was coach. I dont know if I would be where I am today if there had been no Eddie Robinson. I just listened for the longest time to what they went through in the game and afterward. Robinson made his big league debut with Cleveland at age 21 in 1942, then served in the military during World War II before returning to the Indians from 1946-48. After retirement, Robinson retreated to the modest brick house he and Doris, a schoolteacher, had lived in for years -- a short walk from the Grambling campus. 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