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While he was still at Green Bay in 1951, Robinson first learned about the opportunity for the poorly-paid NFL players of the day to earn money off the field as professional wrestlers. He began to pursue wrestling as a career after his return to
Baltimore, training at a local YMCA with fellow wrestler
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signed
Robinson to another contract with the team. This time, Robinson stuck as a defensive middle guard (nose tackle in a 5-man line), earning a spot on the club's 33-man roster. He ultimately saw action in six games for the Colts for the year, including all of his three career
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During his time wrestling, Robinson took a position with the
Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks, working first at that agency's Lafayette Center before being appointed as director of the John Eager Howard Recreation Center at
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at the collegiate level, earning the title of heavyweight champion of the CIAA. His skills were of sufficient proficiency that in June 1948 Robinson served as one of the sparring partners of top heavyweight boxer
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Over the course of his professional wrestling career, which launched in 1955 and ran for more than a decade, Robinson won a total of 70 matches. Robinson wrestled as a
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Sammy Banks (ed.), Colts – Redskins
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Robinson was chosen as team captain by his peers at Morgan State ahead of his 1950 senior season and later won honors when he was named a member of the
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He also opened Bull
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787:"Colts Drop Two From Squad: Charley Robinson and Songin Are Cut From Roster,"
684:"Reid Latest Colt to Sign: LSU Center Joins Robinson and Wyndham on Roster,"
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Robinson was inducted into the Morgan State
Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974.
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Robinson was inducted into the Morgan State
Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974.
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During the 1950s and 1960s, Robinson worked as a coach for the semi-pro
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team, essentially the All-America team for historically black colleges.
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was only the second time that black players were on the roster.
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The
Baltimore Colts: 1954 Press, Radio, and Television Guide.
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Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Colts Football Club, 1953; p. 46.
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718:New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2006; p. 577.
409:All-Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
833:Baltimore: H.G. Roebuck & Son, 1962; p. 10.
566:before joining a circuit that toured Texas and
203:* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
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831:Baltimore Colts Tenth Anniversary Year Book.
700:"Walcott Goes Through Five Rounds in Drill,"
612:at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in
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372:Charley Robinson was born in Lester Manor,
893:Players of American football from Virginia
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663:"Obituaries: Charles R. 'Bull' Robinson,"
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23:Charles Robinson (disambiguation)
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818:"Charley Robinson Statistics,"
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315:Charles Rogers "Bull" Robinson
212:Career highlights and awards
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792:Sept. 16, 1953, p. 22.
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808:July 29, 1954, p. 39.
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714:Pete Palmer, et al.,
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479:Baltimore Evening Sun
348:, that team's second
244:Career NFL statistics
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689:May 27, 1953, p. 25.
668:Feb. 8, 2007, p. B6.
496:Fortunes changed in
414:Robinson was also a
344:, was a part of the
69:Personal information
682:Cameron C. Snyder,
585:Life after football
460:Philadelphia Eagles
427:Professional career
402:Baltimore, Maryland
378:King William County
325:who played for the
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862:Mr. Peep's Diary,"
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469:contract with the
421:Jersey Joe Walcott
272:Fumbles Recovered:
126:Career information
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743:Sam Banks (ed.),
608:Robinson died of
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883:2007 deaths
727:Art Daley,
575:"baby face"
568:New England
564:Frank Veney
518:Buddy Young
491:Jim Winkler
456:1952 season
368:Early years
230:team (1950)
223:team (1949)
877:Categories
623:References
579:"villains"
532:Mel Embree
467:free agent
376:, part of
350:integrated
281:Touchdowns
80:1925-05-30
49:No. 18, 66
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363:Biography
354:color bar
54:Position:
522:halfback
382:Richmond
374:Virginia
356:period.
329:and the
139:College:
88:Virginia
520:, star
333:of the
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110:Height:
860:J.G.,
610:cancer
527:, and
507:starts
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511:black
477:by a
443:as a
416:boxer
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