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Position: | Center / Halfback / Defensive back |
Personal information | |
Born: | Pine Ridge, South Dakota, U.S. | June 18, 1917
Died: | January 17, 2009 Santa Cruz, California, U.S. | (aged 91)
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Omaha Central (Omaha, Nebraska) |
College: | USC |
NFL draft: | 1942 / round: 1 / pick: 7 |
Career history | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Robert James Robertson (June 18, 1917 – January 17, 2009) was an American football player who played one season with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Dodgers with the seventh overall pick in the 1942 NFL draft. He played college football at the University of Southern California and attended Omaha Central High School in Omaha, Nebraska.[1] Robertson was a member of the USC Trojans 1939 national championship team. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.[2]