Robert Grant Torrey (July 12, 1878 – January 12, 1941) was an American football player and coach.

Maxwell reportedly continue to play until near the end of the game, when his face was so bloody and swollen that he could no longer see, yet he never complained of the physical beating.

The photograph of Maxwell's face shocked and enraged President Roosevelt into threatening to abolish football, if the colleges themselves did not take steps to eliminate the brutality and reduce injuries.

While several writers and scholars have made exhaustive searches for the photo of Maxwell's battered face, none have ever been found.

As a result, it became the official account of 1905 and was enshrined in Jack Falla's history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and at the College Football Hall of Fame.

What is absolutely certain is that on October 9, 1905, Teddy Roosevelt held a meeting of football representatives from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.