Bo Roberson
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Athletics | ||
Representing the  United States |
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1960 Rome | Long jump |
| Pan American Games | ||
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1959 Chicago | Long jump |
| Bo Roberson | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 23, 1935 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Pasadena, California |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| College | Cornell |
| Jersey #(s) | 40 |
| Career highlights | |
| AFL All-Star | 1965 |
| Honors | American Football League Champion, 1965 |
| Statistics | |
| Teams | |
| 1961 1962-1965 1965 1966 |
AFL San Diego Chargers AFL Oakland Raiders AFL Buffalo Bills AFL Miami Dolphins |
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
- ↑ 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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