After playing high school football in Allegheny, Pennsylvania,[1] Robertson was expected to go to West Point.
[3] Under coach Walter Steffen,[4] the squad played teams such as Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Purdue, Michigan State, and USC.
[5] Robertson was team captain and proved instrumental to several key victories in school history.
[7] After college, Robertson played for the Akron Pros of the National Football League (NFL) in 1924 and 1925.
[8] under head coaches Wayne Brenkert[9] and Scotty Bierce[10] He played for 16 games for Akron, recording statistics on both offense and defense.