# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawson-robertson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:00:53.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawson-robertson"
name: "Lawson Robertson"
slug: "lawson-robertson"
description: "Lawson \"Robbie\" N. Robertson was considered one of the more accomplished American track coaches of the first half of the twentieth century. From 1904-1936, he was with the American team at every Olympics with the exception of 1916 when the Olympics were cancelled due to WWI. He coached Track and Field for the Irish-American Athletic Club in Queens, New York from 1909–16, and then for the University of Pennsylvania from 1916-47. He was U.S. Olympic Assistant Track coach in 1912 and 1920 and was head coach for the American Track and Field Team in four Olympics from 1924-36."
tagline: "American athlete and coach (1883–1951)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1883-09-24"
deathDate: "1951-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump