Bo Roberson

American track and field athlete and football player

American football player

Bo RobersonNo. 26, 40, 46

Position:| Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:| (1935-07-23)July 23, 1935
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:| April 15, 2001(2001-04-15) (aged 65)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
Height:| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:| 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:| John Bartram (PA)
Wyoming Seminary
College:| Cornell
NFL draft:| 1961: undrafted
Career history

* San Diego Chargers (1961)
* Oakland Raiders (1962–1965)
* Buffalo Bills (1965)
* Miami Dolphins (1966)

Career highlights and awards

* AFL champion (1965)
* AFL All-Star (1965)

Stats at Pro Football Reference
Bo Roberson Medal record

Men's Athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
| 1960 Rome | Long jump
Pan American Games
| 1959 Chicago | Long jump

Irvin "Bo" Roberson (Pronounced: ROE-ber-sun) (July 23, 1935 – April 15, 2001) was an American track and field athlete and professional football player. At Cornell University he excelled in basketball, football, and track and field. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy he won the silver medal in the long jump, a centimeter short of the Olympic record 8.12 m gold medal jump by Ralph Boston.

After the Olympics, Roberson had a seven-year football career as a wide receiver in the American Football League (AFL) with the San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills, and Miami Dolphins. He caught three passes for eighty-eight yards in the Bills' 23–0 defeat of the Chargers in the 1965 American Football League Championship Game. Roberson led the league in all purpose yards in 1964, and was named to the AFL All-Star Game in 1965.

After his NFL career was over, Roberson became the first track and field coach at University of California, Irvine and later coached track at Rolling Hills High School.

Roberson is the only person to have an Ivy League degree, a Ph.D., an Olympic medal and a career in the NFL.[1]

At the time of his death, he was retired from a position as psychologist with the Los Angeles Unified School District.[2]

## See also

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* Biography portal

## References

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1. ^ Hoover, Brett,""The Bo You Didn't Know"" (PDF). Archived from the original on June 15, 2006. Retrieved December 7, 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) IvyLeagueSports.com, 2006, Retrieved December 7, 2013
2. ^ "19 May 2001, Page 32 - The Philadelphia Inquirer at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.

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Buffalo Bills 1965 AFL champions

* 3 Pete Gogolak
* 12 Daryle Lamonica
* 15 Jack Kemp
* 20 Bobby Smith
* 22 Charley Warner
* 23 Gene Sykes
* 24 Booker Edgerson
* 26 George Saimes
* 27 Tom Janik
* 30 Wray Carlton
* 32 Donnie Stone
* 33 Billy Joe
* 40 Ed Rutkowski
* 42 Butch Byrd
* 43 Joe Auer
* 44 Elbert Dubenion
* 45 Hagood Clarke
* 46 Bo Roberson
* 48 Pete Mills
* 49 Floyd Hudlow
* 50 Al Bemiller
* 51 John Tracey
* 52 Bill Laskey
* 55 Paul Maguire
* 56 Marty Schottenheimer
* 58 Mike Stratton
* 60 Dave Behrman
* 64 Harry Jacobs
* 66 Billy Shaw
* 67 Joe O'Donnell
* 70 Tom Sestak
* 72 Ron McDole
* 73 George Flint
* 74 Tom Keating
* 75 Dudley Meredith
* 76 Henry Schmidt
* 77 Stew Barber
* 78 Jim Dunaway
* 79 Dick Hudson
* 80 Charley Ferguson
* 81 Bill Groman
* 82 Paul Costa
* 84 Ernie Warlick
* 85 Glenn Bass
* 88 Tom Day

* Head coach: Lou Saban

* Assistant coaches: Joe Collier
* John Mazur
* Jerry Smith

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Miami Dolphins 1966 inaugural season roster

* 2 Cookie Gilchrist
* 10 George Wilson
* 11 Rick Norton
* 15 John Stofa
* 18 Dick Wood
* 21 Gene Mingo
* 22 Willie West
* 23 Wes Matthews
* 24 Billy Hunter
* 25 Dick Westmoreland
* 26 Frank Jackson
* 28 George Chesser
* 30 Sammy Price
* 32 Joe Auer
* 33 Billy Joe
* 35 Rick Casares
* 35 Stan Mitchell
* 40 Bo Roberson
* 43 Bob Neff
* 44 Pete Jaquess
* 46 Hal Wantland
* 47 John McGeever
* 48 Bob Petrella
* 49 Jimmy Warren
* 50 Frank Emanuel
* 52 Mike Hudock
* 53 Tom Erlandson
* 54 Wahoo McDaniel
* 55 Jack Rudolph
* 56 Bob Bruggers
* 58 Tom Goode
* 59 Jack Thornton
* 61 Ernie Park
* 63 Billy Neighbors
* 65 Jim Higgins
* 72 Whit Canale
* 73 Norm Evans
* 75 Ken Rice
* 76 Tom Nomina
* 77 Rich Zecher
* 78 Maxie Williams
* 79 Alphonse Dotson
* 80 Ed Cooke
* 81 Howard Twilley
* 82 Doug Moreau
* 83 Dave Kocourek
* 84 Earl Faison
* 85 Johnny Holmes
* 86 Mel Branch
* 87 John Roderick
* 88 LaVerne Torczon
* 89 Karl Noonan
* 90 Bill Cronin

Head coach: George Wilson

Assistant coaches: Bobby Walston

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Pan American Champions in men's long jump

* 1951:  Gay Bryan (USA)
* 1955:  Rosslyn Range (USA)
* 1959:  Bo Roberson (USA)
* 1963:  Ralph Boston (USA)
* 1967:  Ralph Boston (USA)
* 1971:  Arnie Robinson (USA)
* 1975:  João de Oliveira (BRA)
* 1979:  João de Oliveira (BRA)
* 1983:  Jaime Jefferson (CUB)
* 1987:  Carl Lewis (USA)
* 1991:  Jaime Jefferson (CUB)
* 1995:  Iván Pedroso (CUB)
* 1999:  Iván Pedroso (CUB)
* 2003:  Iván Pedroso (CUB)
* 2007:  Irving Saladino (PAN)
* 2011:  Daniel Pineda (CHI)
* 2015:  Jeff Henderson (USA)
* 2019:  Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB)
* 2023:  Arnovis Dalmero (COL)

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1960 USA Olympic track and field team

Men's track
and road athletes|

* John Allen
* Jim Beatty
* Alex Breckenridge
* Frank Budd
* Dyrol Burleson
* Lee Calhoun
* Les Carney
* Pete Close
* Phil Coleman
* Ernie Cunliffe
* Cliff Cushman
* Glenn Davis
* Otis Davis
* Bill Dellinger
* Jim Grelle
* Rudy Haluza
* Dick Howard
* Stone Johnson
* Deacon Jones
* Hayes Jones
* John J. Kelley
* Ron Laird
* Bruce MacDonald
* Willie May
* Gordon McKenzie
* Bob Mimm
* Tom Murphy
* Ray Norton
* Jerry Siebert
* Dave Sime
* Bob Soth
* Max Truex
* Jack Yerman
* Earl Young
* George Young
* Ron Zinn

Men's field athletes|

* Bill Alley
* Rink Babka
* Ed Bagdonas
* Terry Beucher
* Ralph Boston
* Don Bragg
* Al Cantello
* Dave Clark
* Dick Cochran
* Hal Connolly
* Ira Davis
* Charles Dumas
* Dave Edstrom
* Joe Faust
* Al Hall
* Rafer Johnson
* Dallas Long
* Ron Morris
* Phil Mulkey
* Bill Nieder
* Parry O'Brien
* Al Oerter
* Bo Roberson
* Bill Sharpe
* Herman Stokes
* John Thomas
* Anthony Watson

Women's track athletes|

* Shirley Crowder
* Pat Daniels
* Martha Hudson
* Barbara Jones
* Ernestine Pollards
* Irene Robertson
* Wilma Rudolph
* Jo Ann Terry
* Lucinda Williams

Women's field athletes|

* Karen Anderson
* Barbara Brown
* Earlene Brown
* Olga Connolly
* Jean Gaertner
* Pamela Kurrell
* Neomia Rogers
* Annie Smith
* Willye White

Coaches|

* Larry Snyder (head coach)
* George Eastment (assistant coach)
* Ralph Higgins (assistant coach)
* Lloyd "Bud" Winter (assistant coach)
* Ed Temple (women's head coach)
* Fran Welch (women's field event coach)

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USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's long jump (standing long jump)

1906–1979
Amateur Athletic Union|

* 1906: Ray Ewry
* 1907: Ray Ewry
* 1908: Platt Adams
* 1909: Ray Ewry
* 1910: Ray Ewry
* 1911: Samuel Lawrence
* 1913: Platt Adams
* 1914: Platt Adams
* 1915: William Taylor
* 1916: Platt Adams
* 1917: J. C. Hoskins
* 1918: Sam Kronman
* 1919: William Taylor
* 1920: Irving Reed
* 1921: Irving Reed
* 1922: Irving Reed
* 1923: Irving Reed
* 1924: Irving Reed
* 1925: Harold Osborn
* 1926: Harold Osborn
* 1927: Harold Osborn
* 1928: William Werner
* 1929: William Werner
* 1930: William Werner
* 1931: William Werner
* 1932: Everett Utterback
* 1933: Theodore Smith
* 1934: Jesse Owens
* 1935: Jesse Owens
* 1936:  Sam Richardson (CAN), Ed Gordon (2nd)
* 1937:  Sam Richardson (CAN), Anson Perina (2nd)
* 1938: Ed Gordon
* 1939: Ed Gordon
* 1940: Anson Perina
* 1941: Lockhart Rogers
* 1942:  José de Assis (BRA), Barney Ewell (2nd)
* 1943: Barney Ewell
* 1944: Barney Ewell
* 1945: Barney Ewell
* 1946:  Sam Richardson (CAN), Max Minor (2nd)
* 1947: Herb Douglas
* 1948: Lorenzo Wright
* 1949: Herb Douglas
* 1950: Buddy Fowlkes
* 1951: Andy Stanfield
* 1952: Lorenzo Wright
* 1953: Meredith Gourdine
* 1954:  Neville Price (SAF), George Brown (2nd)
* 1955: Rosslyn Range
* 1956: Rosslyn Range
* 1957: George Shaw
* 1958: Greg Bell
* 1959: Mike Herman
* 1960: Bo Roberson
* 1961: Ralph Boston
* 1962: Charles Mays
* 1963:  Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS), Ralph Boston (2nd)
* 1964: Charles Mays
* 1965:  Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS), Ralph Boston (2nd)
* 1966: Norman Tate
* 1967: Bob Beamon
* 1968: Bob Beamon
* 1969: Norman Tate
* 1970: Norman Tate
* 1971: Norman Tate
* 1972: Henry Hines
* 1973: Randy Williams
* 1974: Jerry Proctor
* 1975: Arnie Robinson
* 1976: Larry Myricks
* 1977: Tommy Haynes
* 1978:  Charlton Ehizuelen (NGR), Vesco Bradley (2nd)
* 1979: Larry Myricks

1980–1992
The Athletics Congress|

* 1980: Larry Myricks
* 1981: Larry Myricks
* 1982: Carl Lewis
* 1983: Carl Lewis
* 1984: Carl Lewis
* 1985: Mike Conley Sr.
* 1986: Mike Conley Sr.
* 1987: Brian Cooper
* 1988: Larry Myricks
* 1989: Larry Myricks
* 1990: Larry Myricks
* 1991: Llewellyn Starks
* 1992: Carl Lewis

1993–present
USA Track & Field|

* 1993:  Obinna Eregbu (NGR), Joe Greene (3rd)
* 1994: Kareem Streete-Thompson
* 1995: Joe Greene
* 1996: Erick Walder
* 1997: Erick Walder
* 1998: Roland McGhee
* 1999: Kareem Streete-Thompson
* 2000: Savanté Stringfellow
* 2001: Dwight Phillips
* 2002: Miguel Pate
* 2003: Miguel Pate
* 2004: Savanté Stringfellow
* 2005: Brian Johnson
* 2006: Brian Johnson
* 2007: Trevell Quinley
* 2008: Trevell Quinley
* 2009: Randall Flimmons
* 2010: Jeremy Hicks
* 2011: Jeremy Hicks
* 2012: Ashton Eaton
* 2013: Jeremy Hicks
* 2014: Tyron Stewart
* 2015: Will Claye
* 2016: Marquis Dendy
* 2017: La'Derrick Ward
* 2018: Jarrion Lawson
* 2019: Jordan Downs
* 2020: KeAndre Bates
* 2022: Jarrion Lawson
* 2023: Will Williams
* 2024: Johnny Brackins

Notes|

* Standing long jump was held 1931 and earlier. Long jump has been held since 1932.
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*[URS]: Soviet Union
*[NGR]: Nigeria