American football player
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| Position: | Wide receiver |
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| 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) |
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| High school: | John Bartram (PA) Wyoming Seminary |
| College: | Cornell |
| Undrafted: | 1961 |
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Representing the  United States
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1960 Rome | Long jump |
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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.
At the time of his death, he was retired from a position as psychologist with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
See also
References
- 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 - "19 May 2001, Page 32 - The Philadelphia Inquirer at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
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