Robert M. Coleman (American football)

{{Short description|American football player, coach, and physician (1878–1941)}}

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| name = Robert M. Coleman

| image = robertmcoleman.png

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|6|7}}

| birth_place = Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1941|9|7|1878|6|7}}

| death_place = Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1899–1901

| player_team1 = Virginia

| player_positions = Halfback

| coach_years1 = 1906

| coach_team1 = Kentucky University

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| awards = 2× All-Southern (1899, 1901)

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Robert Milligan Coleman (June 7, 1878 – September 7, 1941)"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS3R-BR9 : accessed 28 May 2016), Dr. Robert Milligan Coleman, 1941. was an American college football player, coach, and physician.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/universityofvirg02barr|page=[https://archive.org/details/universityofvirg02barr/page/380 380]|title=University of Virginia|publisher=Lewis|last1=Barringer|first1=Paul Brandon|last2=Garnett|first2=James Mercer|last3=Page|first3=Rosewell|year=1904}} A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Coleman first attended local Kentucky University, and later coached there.{{cite web |url=http://homepages.transy.edu/~library/Catalog/HistoryFootballTransylvania.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=July 1, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701165813/http://homepages.transy.edu/~library/Catalog/HistoryFootballTransylvania.pdf |archivedate=July 1, 2016 }}