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Post by DOOMS on Oct 7, 2020 13:44:09 GMT -5
I was perusing Wikipedia during lunch and saw this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jackson_(American_football_coach)The article goes on to state he spent most of his career coaching at that "school" up 85, but we'll forgive him for that. If it's true that he was the first hbcu alum to be drafted by an NFL team, that's a legacy we should celebrate. Of course for all I know we already have and I'm just late to the party. Aggierattler, I know you know. I'm betting a few others might too. What can y'all tell us about this great Aggie? |
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Post by aggierattler on Oct 7, 2020 14:11:10 GMT -5
I was perusing Wikipedia during lunch and saw this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jackson_(American_football_coach)The article goes on to state he spent most of his career coaching at that "school" up 85, but we'll forgive him for that. If it's true that he was the first hbcu alum to be drafted by an NFL team, that's a legacy we should celebrate. Of course for all I know we already have and I'm just late to the party. Aggierattler, I know you know. I'm betting a few others might too. What can y'all tell us about this great Aggie? Yeah, he was a great player for us. Played for “Big Bill” Bell. I’ve seen him featured in a couple of 1940s Ayantee yearbooks, but no huge write-ups on him. Seems like I’ve seen a picture of him at an event on campus from the late 1960s when my old man was AD, too. When I finish working on my Coach Bell project, I might focus on researching info on him. |
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Post by Freeze on Oct 7, 2020 14:38:26 GMT -5
Wait, wait, wait, wait, WAIT!! Wait a damn minute.....you telling me A&T had the FIRST NFL player EVER drafted from an HBCU in the NFL?? Lawd I swear we do a HORRIBLE job at publicizing and celebrating our own history. I'm almost positive that 98% of our alumni don't know this. But if he had gone to Grambling, FAMU, or Jackson State he would be a household name.
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Post by aggieepower1990 on Oct 7, 2020 14:43:46 GMT -5
Everybody should know Coach Jack. He is perhaps best known at NCCU by their players and alumni in the 70’s and 80’s. I was ball boy at Central and got to spend time around him. He was a mans man and tough! I did not know he was an Aggie until I was looking around the 6th floor archives in Bluford in the late 80’s. A legend in Durham and at Central.
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Post by DOOMS on Oct 7, 2020 14:59:17 GMT -5
www.roberthjackson.memory-of.com/About.aspxRead the tributes in addition to the obituary. HIGHLY respected man. Even though most of his work was done at that "school" up 85, seems like we should have something on campus named after him. If that "school" up 85 can honor OUR coach Bill Hayes, we can do the same for Stonewall and probably should have eons ago.
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Post by aggierattler on Oct 7, 2020 16:19:59 GMT -5
www.roberthjackson.memory-of.com/About.aspxRead the tributes in addition to the obituary. HIGHLY respected man. Even though most of his work was done at that "school" up 85, seems like we should have something on campus named after him. If that "school" up 85 can honor OUR coach Bill Hayes, we can do the same for Stonewall and probably should have eons ago.
As I (and others) have said, we have got to do a better job promoting our history...especially in athletics! And in reading the obit, it's a damn shame that we don't have anything named after him in Aggie Athletics. (The same holds true for Coach/AD Dr. William Bell.) Looooonnnnggggg overdue. |
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Post by Aggie77 on Oct 7, 2020 18:13:17 GMT -5
I was perusing Wikipedia during lunch and saw this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jackson_(American_football_coach)The article goes on to state he spent most of his career coaching at that "school" up 85, but we'll forgive him for that. If it's true that he was the first hbcu alum to be drafted by an NFL team, that's a legacy we should celebrate. Of course for all I know we already have and I'm just late to the party. Aggierattler, I know you know. I'm betting a few others might too. What can y'all tell us about this great Aggie? Yep, I've heard of him before. He's in the NCCU Hall of Fame. Also, their annual golf fundraiser is named after him. See how they fail to mention his alma mater. Robert "Stonewall" Jackson Legacy Golf Classic |
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Post by JeffAggieFan on Oct 7, 2020 21:25:49 GMT -5
I agree with aggiepower1990. Everybody who lived in Durham and went to NCCU Summer Camp know about Coach Jackson and how he doesn't play. I think when he stuttered while he talk he scared players, students, and everyone else. I heard back in the day when he played he would put you out. As an assistant coach he didn't like A&T but I wonder if some of the NCCU players didn't like him either because he could be tough as nail. I seen him made players cry but off the field he had a big heart and love kids young and old. When my dad told me that he went to A&T I was just floored
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Post by marchingband1969 on Oct 7, 2020 23:16:49 GMT -5
Wait, wait, wait, wait, WAIT!! Wait a damn minute.....you telling me A&T had the FIRST NFL player EVER drafted in the NFL?? Lawd I swear we do a HORRIBLE job at publicizing and celebrating our own history. I'm almost positive that 98% of our alumni don't know this. But if he had gone to Grambling, FAMU, or Jackson State he would be a household name. Hell, we barely talked about the A&T Four until they erected the "February One" statute. We just don't value history. There should be a 15 foot statute of him in front of Aggie Stadium! |
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Post by saabman on Oct 8, 2020 9:42:36 GMT -5
www.roberthjackson.memory-of.com/About.aspxRead the tributes in addition to the obituary. HIGHLY respected man. Even though most of his work was done at that "school" up 85, seems like we should have something on campus named after him. If that "school" up 85 can honor OUR coach Bill Hayes, we can do the same for Stonewall and probably should have eons ago. There was a push for coach Jackson back in the late 70's to be honored but it was kicked down by the administration at that time . My bad Thanks Thriller LOL |
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Post by Bornthrilla on Oct 8, 2020 9:50:29 GMT -5
Bro, please tell me you are typing via your phone.
There is no way you can really think "current administration" should be spelled "curve ministration". That is an all-time classic. lol
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Post by aggierattler on Apr 29, 2021 22:08:51 GMT -5
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Post by saabman on Apr 29, 2021 23:16:29 GMT -5
I was perusing Wikipedia during lunch and saw this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jackson_(American_football_coach)The article goes on to state he spent most of his career coaching at that "school" up 85, but we'll forgive him for that. If it's true that he was the first hbcu alum to be drafted by an NFL team, that's a legacy we should celebrate. Of course for all I know we already have and I'm just late to the party. Aggierattler, I know you know. I'm betting a few others might too. What can y'all tell us about this great Aggie? Yeah, he was a great player for us. Played for “Big Bill” Bell. I’ve seen him featured in a couple of 1940s Ayantee yearbooks, but no huge write-ups on him. Seems like I’ve seen a picture of him at an event on campus from the late 1960s when my old man was AD, too. When I finish working on my Coach Bell project, I might focus on researching info on him. He is also in the Aiggie HOF . |
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