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| Position: | Quarterback,halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1917-03-31)March 31, 1917 Oak Hill, Texas, U.S. |
| Died: | July 27, 1984(1984-07-27) (aged 67) Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Hackensack (Hackensack, New Jersey) |
| College: | Long Island,Alabama |
| Undrafted: | 1942 |
| Career history | |
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As a coach: | |
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| Stats atPro Football Reference | |
Robert G. Trocolor (March 31, 1917 – July 27, 1984) was anAmerican football player and coach. He was also acollege basketball andfootball head coach as well as movie actor.
Trocolor played college football for theLong Island Blackbirds before transferring to play for theAlabama Crimson Tide. He then wentundrafted in 1942 but eventually landed a spot with theNational Football League'sNew York Giants, for whom he played for two seasons as a substitutequarterback,punt returner andhalfback. In 1944, Trocolor was traded to theBrooklyn Tigers and played in two games. The team merged with the Boston Yanks in 1945, but Trocolor did not get picked up, so his professional football career ended after three seasons.
In 1974, Trocolor became the third head football coach inWilliam Paterson University Pioneers football program history. He served for just one year and compiled a 2–7 overall record (1–4 conference).
Trocolor was chosen as the 12th head coach inStetson University's men's basketball program history. Similar to his brief stint as a college football coach, he only stayed for one year—the 1949–50 season—before moving on. In his lone season as the Hatters' head coach he compiled a 6–16 record.
In the 1953 filmBig Leaguer, Trocolor plays himself. The movie is about a group of 18- to 22-year-old men who are trying out for aMajor League Baseball team, and he is one of the players.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stetson Hatters(Dixie Conference)(1949) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Stetson | 4–5–1 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| Stetson: | 4–5–1 | 2–2 | |||||||
| William Paterson Pioneers(New Jersey State Athletic Conference)(1974) | |||||||||
| 1974 | William Paterson | 3–7 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| William Paterson: | 3–7 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–12–1 | ||||||||
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stetson Hatters(Independent)(1949–1950) | |||||||||
| 1949–50 | Stetson | 6–16 | |||||||
| Stetson: | 6–16 | ||||||||
| Total: | 6–16 | ||||||||