Robert Winston (coach)
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Robert Winston (August 5, 1847 – after 1913) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Syracuse University in 1890 and at the University of Georgia in 1894, compiling a career record of 12–5.
Winston was British and had previously coached the Blackheath Harriers rugby team in England. He was also a "bantam boxer" and trainer for an athletic club in London, before coming to the United States in 1883.[1] After moving to the United States, Winston also helped train football teams at Yale University (1883–1888), Amherst College (1889),[2] and the University of Rochester (1890), Williams College, Princeton University and other New England based teams.[3] Winston also worked at the Berkeley Athletic club in New York.[4] After Yale, Winston also oversaw the building of a gymnasium in Townsend, Washington in 1887.[5]
Winston was the first coach of the Syracuse and Georgia football teams to receive a salary.[6] During his single season at Georgia in 1894, Winston's team compiled a record of 5–1 including a win against the Auburn Tigers.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse Orangemen (Independent) (1890) | |||||||||
| 1890 | Syracuse | 7–4 | |||||||
| Syracuse: | 7–4 | ||||||||
| Georgia Bulldogs (Independent) (1894) | |||||||||
| 1894 | Georgia | 5–1 | |||||||
| Georgia: | 5–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 12–5 | ||||||||
References
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Additional sources
- John F. Stegeman, The Ghosts of Herty Field: Early Days on a Southern Gridiron, pp. 22–23, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1966, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-27606
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