About Lawson Robertson
Lawson "Robbie" N. Robertson was considered one of the more accomplished American track coaches of the first half of the twentieth century. From 1904-1936, he was with the American team at every Olympics with the exception of 1916 when the Olympics were cancelled due to WWI. He coached Track and Field for the Irish-American Athletic Club in Queens, New York from 1909–16, and then for the University of Pennsylvania from 1916-47. He was U.S. Olympic Assistant Track coach in 1912 and 1920 and was head coach for the American Track and Field Team in four Olympics from 1924-36. Robertson (September 23, 1883 – January 22, 1951) was considered one of the more accomplished American track coaches of the first half of the twentieth century. Robertson won the all-around championship for the Brooklyn YMCA in 1901. At twenty-one, he won a bronze medal in the Standing high jump as a competitor with the U.S. Louis, and two years later won a Silver and a Bronze medal at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens.
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