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| A weekend of remembrance, legacy building at Grambling | |
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On Friday morning, what might have been a routine installation of commission officers for the quickly progressing Eddie G. Robinson Museum was instead highlighted by a game-changing $100,000 donation in the name of the former Grambling football coach’s first Pro Football Hall of Famer, Willie Davis.(continue) |
| Rob Museum Evolves | |
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No timetable for the opening has been set, but work on the Eddie Robinson Museum on the Grambling State University campus is moving along at a solid pace. Zac Construction of Shreveport, which is building the museum, has put a new roof on the structure, which will be housed in the old Women’s Memorial Gymnasium, and has completed framework to the outside of the building. (continue) |
| Grambling State Announces 2009 Football Schedule | |
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Grambling State University, 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference and Black College National Champions, released today the 2009 Tiger’s football schedule. The schedule will offer plenty of excitement for Tiger fans as it boasts four home games and four classics. (continue) |
| State comes up with additional money for Eddie Robinson Museum | |
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Organizers were expecting the Secretary of State's office to preview the first plans for a proposed Eddie Robinson Museum. They ended up with an additional $2 million in dedicated state funding for the long-delayed project. "We were elated," said governor-appointed museum board chairman John Belton, "because the extra funds give us the opportunity to design and create a museum that is fit for a great man.". (continue) |
| Proposed Eddie Robinson Museum gaining momentum | |
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Grambling State University will allow the former women's basketball gym on campus to be used for a proposed Eddie Robinson Museum. The decision — pending approval from GSU's oversight board, the University of Louisiana System — was confirmed by school president Horace Judson during a Thursday meeting of the museum's board. (continue) |
| Proposed Eddie Robinson Museum gaining momentum | |
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The proposed Eddie Robinson Museum received $63,500 in funding on Thursday as the long-delayed project gained surprising momentum. "All I can say is God is good," enthused Wilbert Ellis, who heads up the project's fundraising arm. "Things are just falling into place." (continue) |
| Robinson Museum Gains Momentum, Obstacle of Location Appears to be Solved | |
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The ninth item on last Thursday's agenda might have been the single most important development in seven years of struggles to construct a museum honoring legendary former Grambling State coach Eddie Robinson. (continue) |
| Robinson board OKs site at GSU | |
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The Eddie Robinson Museum Board gave preliminary approval Thursday for a permanent project site, the historic Women's Memorial Gym on the campus of Grambling State. (continue) |
| Drive for museum gets closer to reality | |
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A few months before his death, a hospitalized Eddie Robinson received a visit from Wilbert Ellis, Grambling's former baseball coach and Robinson's longtime close friend, along with Ellis' grandson Dee. "It was one of his good days," Ellis recalled. (continue) |
| Coach Rob site gets needed boost | |
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It took less than five minutes last week for the Louisiana Bond Commission to make the Eddie Robinson Museum project a reality. The commission approved $1.3 million — $300,000 in cash and a $1 million line of credit — for the project. (continue) |
| State funds Robinson Museum project for first time | |
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The long-delayed Eddie Robinson Museum is, all of a sudden, on a roll. Eight years after first being proposed, the project received quick approval on Thursday from the Bond Commission for state funding of $1.3 million. "It took less than five minutes," said Wilbert Ellis. (continue) |
| Eddie G. Robinson Museum a step closer to reality | |
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The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System granted Grambling State University the authority to enter into a new lease agreement with Louisiana’s Office of the Secretary of State to establish the Eddie G. Robinson Museum (continue) |
| Lease approved on Robinson Museum | |
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In passing, Eddie Robinson might finally spark the completion of a long-delayed museum project devoted to his accomplishments at Grambling State. The University of Louisiana System board, which oversees GSU, on Friday approved a lease agreement. (continue) |
| Former Grambling quarterbacks honor fallen coach | |
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Two of Eddie Robinson's most famous former pupils gave the bandwagon to establish a museum in his honor a forceful push on Sunday. The James Harris and Doug Williams Foundation donated $10,000 in an emotional outpouring of support for the fallen Grambling State coach, who died in April at age 88. (continue) |
| Eddie Robinson's game still goes on | |
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Doug Williams thinks of his mentor every day but never more fondly than during the Bayou Classic weekend. Long before Williams became a Super Bowl MVP, former Grambling State coach Eddie Robinson gave him a taste of greatness at the Bayou Classic. (continue) |
| Eddie Robinson's winning ways | |
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In 1978, Eddie Robinson graced me with his optimism. He was at the end of his 38th season as the coach of Grambling State University in Louisiana. He had already sent four teams worth of players to professional football. He would send more than 200 to the National Football League. (continue) |
| Legend remembers legend -- Bowden reflects on Coach Robinson | |
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Spring is usually a slow time for coaches, but Bobby Bowden's office phone was ringing off the hook Wednesday from reporters wanting his reaction to the passing of legendary coach Eddie Robinson. Bowden, as he's wont to, chewed on a cigar as he sat behind his desk. (continue) |
| Statement from the Robinson family on the passing of Coach Rob | |
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The following is a statement from Ms. Doris Robinson, wife of legendary Grambling State University football coach Eddie G. Robinson, who passed away at the age of 88 on Tuesday, April 3, 2007: (continue) |
| Coach Eddie G. Robinson passes away at age 88 | |
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Eddie Robinson, who sent more than 200 players to the NFL and won 408 games during a 56-year career, has died. He was 88. Super Bowl MVP quarterback Doug Williams, one of Robinson's former players, said the former Grambling State University coach died shortly before midnight on Tuesday. (continue) |
| Robinson Museum leaders hope to attract big names | |
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Oprah Winfrey, expect a call from the friends of Eddie Robinson. Winfrey is one of many big names fundraisers will be calling to ask for help in building a museum honoring the legendary Grambling State football coach. (continue) |
| Fundraising campaign for Eddie G. Robinson Museum kicks off | |
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The national fundraising campaign for the Eddie G. Robinson Museum kicked off on Saturday, November 25, in conjunction with the festivities surrounding the 33rd Annual Bayou Classic. The official kickoff announcement was made during the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus’ Jazz Brunch. (continue) |
| The Team: Sports, Entertainment, & Media to be museum fundraiser | |
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The Team: Sports, Entertainment, & Mdia has been selected to raise funds for the establishment and creation of a museum honoring legendary football coach Eddie Robinson. The Team was approved as the museum’s fundraiser on Thursday by the Eddie G. Robinson Museum Commission. (continue) |
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