Louis Bentham Robertshaw (August 1, 1912 – July 14, 2003) was an American football player and lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps.

[1] He entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1932, played center for Navy Midshipmen football team and was selected as a third-team All-American in 1935.

[1] He was assigned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard where he completed The Basic School for Marine Corps officers in June 1937.

[1] In August 1940, Robertshaw was assigned to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, where he served as the executive officer of the Marine detachment and as a coach for the Navy Midshipmen in football and basketball.

[1] In February 1942, two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Robertshaw entered flight school at the Pensacola Naval Air Station.

Robertshaw was awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses and six Air Medals for his service in World War II, including an air attack on a group of Japanese transports in which Robertshaw scored a direct hit on one transport and severely damaged land installations in the area of the Solomon Islands in November and December 1942.

[1] Robertshaw returned to the United States in July 1946 and served at the Marine Corps Air Stations in Miramar, California, El Toro, and Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.

[4] For his service in the Korean War, Robertshaw was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat "V," a third Distinguished Flying Cross, and five Air Medals.