Bo Roberson

Bo Roberson
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for the  United States
Olympic Games
1960 Rome Long jump
Pan American Games
1959 Chicago Long jump
Bo Roberson
No. 26, 40, 46
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: July 23, 1935
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death: April 19, 2001(2001-04-19) (aged 65)
Place of death: Pasadena, California
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College: Cornell
Undrafted: 1961
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Irvin "Bo" Roberson (July 23, 1935 – April 15, 2001) was an American track and field athlete and American collegiate 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 Pro Football career as a wide receiver in the American Football League 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.

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

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References

  1. ↑ Hoover, Brett,"The Bo You Didn't Know" at the Wayback Machine (archived June 15, 2006) IvyLeagueSports.com, 2006, Retrieved2013-12-07


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