Biographical details | |
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Born | Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. | June 7, 1878
Died | September 7, 1941 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 63)
Playing career | |
1899–1901 | Virginia |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1906 | Kentucky University |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2× All-Southern (1899, 1901) | |
Robert Milligan Coleman (June 7, 1878 – September 7, 1941)[1] was an American college football player, coach, and physician.[2] A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Coleman first attended local Kentucky University, and later coached there.[3]
Coleman was born to Benjamin Lindsay Coleman and Isabel Milligan.[4]
Coleman was then a prominent running back for the Virginia Cavaliers football teams of the University of Virginia.[5] He weighed 142 pounds.
Coleman was selected All-Southern in 1899.[6]
He was captain of the 1901 team.[7] Coleman was selected All-Southern.[8][9]