Millard Robinson
Biographical details
Bornc. 1913
Died(1999-06-10)June 10, 1999 (aged 85)
Media, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1935West Chester
Baseball
1942Rome Colonels
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1938Upper Yoder HS (PA) (assistant)
1939–1942Prospect Park HS (PA)
1946–1970Swarthmore HS (PA)
1973Swarthmore
Head coaching record
Overall0–7 (college)
173–80–8 (high school)

Millard P. Robinson Sr. (c. 1913 – June 10, 1999) was a minor league baseball player and high school and college American football coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Swarthmore High School in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania from 1949 to 1972[2] and at Swarthmore College in 1973.

Robinson played college football at West Chester State Teachers College—now known as West Chester University—in West Chester, Pennsylvania under head coach Glenn Killinger. He began his coaching and teaching career at Upper Yoder High School, near Johnstown, Pennsylvania. In 1939, Robinson was appointed he football coach at Prospect Park High School in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania. Following service in the United States Navy during World War II, Robinson return to coaching and teaching in 1946 at Swarthmore High School.

Robinson died at the age of 85 of a brain tumor, on June 10, 1999, at his home in Media, Pennsylvania.[3]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Swarthmore Garnet Tide (Middle Atlantic Conference) (1998–2000)
1973 Swarthmore 0–70–710th (Southern)
Swarthmore: 0–70–7
Total:0–7

References

  1. ↑ "Millard Robinson". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Remembering Strath Haven's Greatest Football Dynasties". swarthmorean.com. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ Price, Bill (June 12, 1999). "Millard Robinson Sr., teacher and coach, 85". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 45. Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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