Ted Robinson (American football)

Theodore Thomas Robinson (August 14, 1904 – February 25, 1972) was an American college football player and coach.

He majored in political science, was a letterman in track, played on the football team and was president of the Liberal Club.

After teaching political science and physical education at Morehouse College for two years, he enrolled in law school, receiving the J.D.

He was a member of the Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council (AFL-CIO), the Northeast Illinois Planning Commission (which awarded him a citation of personal appreciation in 1968), the Jewish Labor Committee, the Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council, the board of the Illinois Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1006.

His death closed an active, 30-year career of interest and service in the areas of civil liberties, labor, housing and employment.