Bobby Robertson

American football player (1917–2009)

American football player

Bobby Robertson

Robertson, circa 1942

No. 4
Position:| Center / Halfback / Defensive back
Personal information
Born:| (1917-06-18)June 18, 1917
Pine Ridge, South Dakota, U.S.
Died:| January 17, 2009(2009-01-17) (aged 91)
Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Height:| 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:| 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:| Omaha Central
(Omaha, Nebraska)
College:| USC
NFL draft:| 1942 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7
Career history

* Brooklyn Dodgers (1942)

Career highlights and awards

* First-team All-PCC (1941)
* Second-team All-PCC (1940)

Player stats at PFR

Robert James Robertson (June 18, 1917 – January 17, 2009) was an American football player who played one season with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Dodgers with the seventh overall pick in the 1942 NFL draft. He played college football at the University of Southern California and attended Omaha Central High School in Omaha, Nebraska.[1] Robertson was a member of the USC Trojans 1939 national championship team. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "BOBBIE ROBERTSON". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
2. ^ "Bobby Robertson, Member Of USC's 1939 National Football Champs, Dies". usctrojans.com. January 23, 2009. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2014.

## External links

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USC Trojans starting quarterbacks

* Harold Galloway (1923)
* Chet Dolley (1923)
* John Hawkins (1924)
* Mort Kaer (1924–1926)
* Howard Elliott (1925)
* Morley Drury (1924–1927)
* Don Williams (1928)
* Marshall Duffield (1930)
* Orville Mohler (1931–1932)
* Cotton Warburton (1933)
* Davie Davis (1936)
* Ambrose Schindler (1936–1937, 1939)
* Grenny Lansdell (1937–1939)
* Bob Peoples (1940)
* Bobby Robertson (1939–1941)
* Bob Musick (1944)
* Ainslie Bell (1944)
* Jim Hardy (1942–1944)
* Jack Musick (1944–1946)
* George Murphy (1948)
* Dean Dill (1948)
* Jim Powers (1948–1949)
* Wilbur Robertson (1950)
* Dean Schneider (1949–1951)
* Rudy Bukich (1952)
* George Bozanic (1953)
* Jim Contratto (1953–1955)
* Jim Conroy (1956–1957)
* Tom Maudlin (1957–1958)
* Willie Wood (1957–1959)
* Ben Charles (1959–1960)
* Bill Nelsen (1960–1962)
* Pete Beathard (1960–1963)
* Craig Fertig (1962–1964)
* Troy Winslow (1964–1966)
* Toby Page (1965–1967)
* Steve Sogge (1966–1968)
* Jimmy Jones (1969–1971)
* Mike Rae (1970–1972)
* Pat Haden (1973–1974)
* Mike Sanford Sr. (1975)
* Vince Evans (1975–1976)
* Rob Hertel (1975, 1977)
* Rob Preston (1978)
* Paul McDonald (1978–1979)
* Gordon Adams (1980)
* Scott Tinsley (1980, 1982)
* John Mazur (1981)
* Sean Salisbury (1982–1985)
* Kevin McLean (1984)
* Tim Green (1984)
* Rodney Peete (1985–1988)
* Todd Marinovich (1989–1990)
* Shane Foley (1990)
* Reggie Perry (1991)
* Rob Johnson (1991–1994)
* Kyle Wachholtz (1995)
* Brad Otton (1994–1996)
* John Fox (1997, 1999)
* Mike Van Raaphorst (1997–1999)
* Carson Palmer (1998–2002)
* Matt Leinart (2003–2005)
* John David Booty (2006–2007)
* Mark Sanchez (2007–2008)
* Aaron Corp (2009)
* Matt Barkley (2009–2012)
* Mitch Mustain (2010)
* Max Wittek (2012)
* Cody Kessler (2013–2015)
* Max Browne (2016)
* Sam Darnold (2016–2017)
* Jack Sears (2018)
* Matt Fink (2019)
* JT Daniels (2018–2019)
* Kedon Slovis (2019–2021)
* Jaxson Dart (2021)
* Caleb Williams (2022–2023)
* Miller Moss (2023)

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1942 NFL draft first-round selections

* Bill Dudley
* Jack Wilson
* Pete Kmetovic
* Steve Lach
* Bob Westfall
* Spec Sanders
* Bobby Robertson
* Merle Hapes
* Urban Odson
* Frankie Albert

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