Tootie Robbins

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Tootie Robbins
No. 63, 73
Position:
Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born:(1958-06-02)June 2, 1958
Windsor, North Carolina, U.S.
Died:August 2, 2020(2020-08-02) (aged 62)
Chandler, Arizona, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:303 lb (137 kg)
Career information
College:East Carolina
NFL draft:1982 / Round: 4 / Pick: 90
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games:159
Games Started:147
Fumbles recovered:4
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

James Elbert Robbins (June 2, 1958 – August 2, 2020) was an American professional

offensive tackle in the National Football League
(NFL) from 1982 to 1993.

Life and career

A native of North Carolina, Robbins attended Bertie High School in Windsor, North Carolina. He then played college football at East Carolina. He was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as a first-team interior lineman on the 1981 All-South Independent football team.[1] He also received second-team honors from the AP on its 1981 All-America team.[2]

He was selected by the

right tackle for the team from 1982 to 1991, following the team when it moved to Phoenix in 1988.[3] During his time with the Cardinals, he started 122 games, including a streak of 32 consecutive games.[4]

In January 1992, the Green Bay Packers acquired Robbins from the Cardinals in exchange for a future draft pick.[4] He started 26 games for the Packers during the 1992 and 1993 seasons.[3] Prior to the 1994 season, the Packers asked Robbins to take a pay cut from $1.5 million to $250,000. Rather than accept the pay cut, Robbins at age 36 announced his retirement in September 1994.[5]

Robbins died from COVID-19 in Chandler, Arizona, on August 2, 2020, at age 62, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona.[6][7]

References

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  2. ^ "All-America Team". Herald and Review (Decatur, IL). December 3, 1981. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ a b "Tootie Robbins". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
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  6. ^ "Former Big Red lineman 'Tootie' Robbins dies". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. August 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Former Packers Tackle Tootie Robbins Dies After Coronavirus Diagnosis: 'He Is Definitely Missed'". People. August 5, 2020.
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