Robertson Memorial Field House, the former home basketball venue at Bradley, was named in his honor.

A native of South Haven, Minnesota, Robertson lettered in football, basketball, and track at Carleton College.

Robertson spent the 1913–14 academic year at the University of Minnesota, where he played on the freshman football and basketball squads.

[4] Robertson was hospitalized in October 1948 in Peoria, Illinois and had surgery for a "rare liver aliment" at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota later that month.

[7] A bronze statue, sculted by Fisher Stolz, of Robertson on Bradley University's West Campus was unveiled in December 2012.