- This is an article about the college football coach. For the baseball player, see Red Roberts.
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Red_Roberts_Centre_College_Football.jpg) Roberts, suited up for Centre College | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 23, 1900 Somerset, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | June 27, 1945 (aged 44) Middlesboro, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1919–1922 | Centre |
| 1922 | Toledo Maroons |
| 1922 | Akron Pros |
| 1926 | Cleveland Panthers |
| Position(s) | Fullback, end, guard, tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1923 | Waynesburg |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–4–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| |
James Madison "Red" Roberts (August 23, 1900 – June 27, 1945) was an American football player and coach. He played football for the Centre Praying Colonels in Danville, Kentucky.[1] Roberts was thrice selected All-Southern, and a unanimous choice for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.[2] After college Roberts, played in the early National Football League (NFL) for the Toledo Maroons and the Akron Pros. He also played in the first American Football League for the Cleveland Panthers. Roberts served as the head football coach at Waynesburg College—now known as Waynesburg University—in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, for one season, in 1923. He later made a run for the office of Governor of Kentucky as a Democrat in 1931,[3] losing in the primary to Ruby Laffoon who went on to win the election.
- ^ "Bo McMillian will be Geneva all-year coach" (PDF). The Binghamton Press. January 9, 1925. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
- ^ "Announcements" (PDF). The Davidsonian. April 23, 1931. p. 5. Retrieved February 14, 2011.