Eddie Robinson, who sent more than 200 players to the NFL and won 408 games during a 56-year career, has died. He was 88.

Interesting accomplishments

• Born Feb. 13, 1919 in Jackson, Louisiana, the son of a cotton sharecropper and a domestic worker.
• Hired at Grambling State in 1941. First team goes 3-5, but 1942 squad goes 9-0.
• Grambling’s Paul “Tank” Younger signs with the Los Angeles Rams in 1949, becoming first player from historically black college to join NFL.
• 1955 team goes 10-0-0.
• Robinson becomes president of American Football Coaches Association in 1976.
• On Oct. 5, 1985, 27-7 win over Prairie View A&M gives Robinson win No. 324, passing Paul “Bear” Bryant as winningest college football coach.
• Wins 400th game in 1995.
• Robinson resigns in 1997 after third straight losing season. He leaves with record of 408-165-15, a .707 winning percentage and 19 Southwest Athletic Conference championships.