Fred A. Robison

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'''Frederick Arthur Robison''' (often misspelled '''Robinson''';<ref name=pfra>{{cite journal|last=Wilke|first=John|journal=The Coffin Corner|publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association|volume=45|issue=3|date=2023|title=Making Headlines: Identifying Pro Football's Earliest Stars (1890–1903)|page=18}}</ref> February 21, 1876 – August 11, 1954) was an [[American football]] player and coach. He was the head football coach at Western University of Pennsylvania—now known as the [[University of Pittsburgh]]–from 1898 to 1899 seasons, compiling a record of 8–3–2. He had earlier played [[halfback (American football)|halfback]] for [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]] (1894), [[Pittsburgh Athletic Club (football)|Pittsburgh Athletic Club]] (1896) and [[Greensburg Athletic Association]] (1897).<ref name=pfra/><ref>{{cite book|title=La Vie '96|location=State College, PA|publisher=Pennsylvania State College|year=1895|type=yearbook|pages=120–121|url=https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/lavie/id/7975}}</ref>
'''Frederick Arthur Robison''' (often misspelled '''Robinson''';<ref name=pfra>{{cite journal|last=Wilke|first=John|journal=The Coffin Corner|publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association|volume=45|issue=3|date=2023|title=Making Headlines: Identifying Pro Football's Earliest Stars (1890–1903)|page=18}}</ref> February 21, 1876 – August 11, 1954) was an [[American football]] player and coach. A [[halfback]], he played college football for [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]] before joining the [[Greensburg Athletic Association]], one of the first football teams to pay players, in 1895.<ref name=VanAtta>{{cite book|last=VanAtta|first=Robert B.|title=Fourth PFRA Annual|chapter=The History of Professional Football at Greensburg, Pennsylvania (1894–1900)|chapter-url=https://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/05-An-165.pdf|date=1983|publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association}}</ref> During that season, he was offered $125 a month to play for the [[Duquesne Country and Athletic Club]], but accepted a counteroffer to remain at Greensburg.<ref name=VanAtta/> He spent the next season with the [[Pittsburgh Athletic Club (football)|Pittsburgh Athletic Club]] before returning to Greensburg in 1897.<ref name=VanAtta/> He was the head football coach at Western University of Pennsylvania—now known as the [[University of Pittsburgh]]–from 1898 to 1899 seasons, compiling a record of 8–3–2. He played once more for Greensburg in 1900.<ref name=VanAtta/>


==Head coaching record==
==Head coaching record==
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