player_team death_date coach_years player_positions player_years coach_team awards cfbdwid sport birth_date article_title name
yale 1947 1907 1908 -- 1909 end , tackle 1905 -- 1906 army oregon all-american , 1905 all-american , 1906 788 football c. 1886 robert forbes -lrb- american football -rrb-
 robert forbes
robert forbes -lrb- american football -rrb-

robert w. `` bob '' forbes -lrb- c. 1886 -- 1947 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he was a first-team all-american end for yale university in 1906 and was the recipient of one of the most significant passes in the first season in which the forward pass was legalized .
he later served as the head football coach at the united states military academy and the university of oregon .
