Roger I. Robinson (November 11, 1924 – April 24, 2004) was an

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player and coach. A former

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quarterback, Robinson served as the head coach at the State University of New York College at Cortland from 1963 to 1979. During his career, he took a sabbatical to study head and neck injuries. Robinson was selected by the

Washington Redskins The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) N ...

in the

1946 NFL Draft The 1946 National Football League Draft was held on January 14, 1946, at the Commodore Hotel in New York City, New York. The selections were initially withheld from the public out of fear that the newly formed All-America Football Conference wou ...

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