Robert L. Myers (coach)
"Chief"
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Centre College |
| Playing career | |
| 1907 | Centre |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1916 | North Side High School |
| 1917 | Centre |
| 1918 | Centre (assistant) |
| 1924 | Centre |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1920–1922 | Centre |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–2–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Southern (1924) | |
Robert Livingston "Chief" Myers was an American football coach and athletic director foundational in the success of the Centre Praying Colonels football programs of Centre College in the period from 1917 to 1924. This era included the 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game, one of the sport's greatest upsets.
Myers graduated from Centre College, class of 1907. He then found himself in Chicago watching clinics performed by Amos Alonzo Stagg.
Myers coached at North Side High School in Fort Worth, Texas c. 1916. He had implemented a system of play akin to Pop Warner's. His team there included future Centre stars Bo McMillin and Red Weaver, who, after needing more credits, were recruited by boosters to Somerset High School in Kentucky, where they joined up with Kentucky native Red Roberts. Also at North Side were Sully Montgomery, Matty Bell, Bill James, and Bob Mathias. Myers brought all of these to his alma mater Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
As one writer explains, Centre's success in football from 1917 to 1924 "came about because one man dreamed it, and put his feet to the ground with a plan, and then realized his dream to make Centre the No. 1 football team in America. That person was Robert Livingston "Chief" Myers, who had been a 98-pound weakling when he played football. He was a scrub and they made him the water boy. But he had a love for football, a passion for football, so even though he didn't make varsity, that didn't stop him from wanting to coach Centre, and didn't stop him from trying to put together the best team possible."
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