Tony robinson football player
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Tony Robinson, ex-Tennessee QB, featured in ESPN 30 for 30 bio about 1987 Redskins
Tony Robinson’s football career was like a supernova.
Robinson shined bright in big moments, landing on magazine covers and having movies made about his exploits.
But the illumination disintegrated quickly, waylaid by an injury and then a string of drug convictions, probation violations, forgeries and prison stints.
The former University of Tennessee quarterback will be back in the spotlight next month when “Year of the Scab” makes its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
An ESPN Films release, “Year of the Scab” chronicles the temporary replacement players for the Washington Redskins that filled in for boycotting players during the 1987 NFL season.
Washington’s “scabs” were a collection of castoffs like Robinson that led the team to a 3-0 record before the strike ended. The movie revisits their underdog story and what happened in the aftermath as they watched the Redski
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The mountaintop can be a fickle place with one slip-up often becoming their downfall. In the mid of the 1980s, Tony Robinson was on top of the world, having led stat i usa to two wins over hated Alabama the past two years and even landing on the cover of Sports Illustrated. At the time, it looked like he was going to coast into a childhood dream and have a promising future in the NFL. But through a series of poor decisions, he found himself in a jail cell on Draft Day. Though his dreams seemed foiled, bygd miraculous happenstance, he found han själv on the field, leading the Redskins to victory over the mighty Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football. This is his story of what could have been.
Early Years
Tony Robinson was born on January 22, 1964 in Monticello, Florida. He and his family moved to Tallahassee when he was young and soon young Tony was starring in the neighborhood sandlots, making a name for himself among his peers. He attended nearby Leon High School and
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From his first step into coaching youngsters with his team mate Pat Johnston as a senior at Duke University, Tony had a passion to improve the person first, the scholar second and the athlete third. As a coach, he has always had an unshakeable belief, that although less than 1% are successful at achieving a professional football playing career, it is possible for more than 99% to achieve a successful career from their experiences in football.
His unique approach is based on a simple universal law, that success can always be achieved in life, if a person has:
TALENT– a natural ability for what they love to do
BELIEF – in themselves and their dream
CHARACTER – to always have a positive attitude in any situation
DEDICATION– to have a relentless desire and discipline to improve every day
SUPPORT– to have people in their lives who are always there when they need
OPPORTUNITY– to be given the chance when ready to take it
His unique coaching method is based