Red Roberts (American football)
Roberts, suited up for Centre College
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 23, 1900 Somerset, Kentucky |
| Died | June 27, 1945 (aged 44) Middlesboro, Kentucky |
| Alma mater | Centre College |
| 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 | |
| Championships | |
| 2 SIAA (1919, 1921) | |
| Awards | |
| 3x All-Southern (1919, 1921, 1922) All-time Centre team Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era |
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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. Roberts was thrice selected All-Southern, and a unanimous choice for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. 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. He later made a run for the office of Governor of Kentucky as a Democrat in 1931, losing in the primary to Ruby Laffoon who went on to win the election.
Roberts entered Centre in 1918, and was the most prominent Kentucky native on the 9–0 1919 team and the 1921 team which upset Harvard. Roberts once saved Roscoe Brumfield, the Centre College mascot, after someone pushed him into the lake and he could not swim and went down the second time.
Roberts played fullback and end for the Centre Colonels football team along with such teammates as Army Armstrong, Bo McMillin, Red Weaver, Sully Montgomery, and Matty Bell. Roberts was chosen as end on Centre's all-time football team chosen in 1935. He was 6'2" and 235 pounds.
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