Category: Southern Football League

Jacksonville Robins Football

Jacksonville Robins

The Jacksonville Robins were a minor league football club that played at the Gator Bowl for four seasons from 1962 through 1965. The Robins won the championship of the eight-team Southern Football League in 1963. The club’s rosters featured a number of former Florida State Seminoles, including quarterback Ed Trancygier, running backs Happy Fick and Fred Pickard and tight end/kicker Possum Lee. The team changed its named to the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1966 and disbanded less than a year later.

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