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Robert Winston
	Winston cropped from the 1894 Georgia football team photo
Biographical details
Born	August 5, 1847; Fulham, Middlesex, England
Died	after 1913
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1890	Syracuse
1894	Georgia
Head coaching record
Overall	12–5

Robert Winston (August 5, 1847 – after 1913) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Syracuse University in 1890 and at the University of Georgia in 1894, compiling a career record of 12–5.

Winston was British and had previously coached the Blackheath Harriers rugby team in England. He was also a "bantam boxer" and trainer for an athletic club in London, before coming to the United States in 1883.^[2] After moving to the United States, Winston also helped train other American football teams at Yale University (1883–1888), Amherst College (1889),^[3] and the University of Rochester (1890), Williams College, Princeton University and other New England based teams.^[4] Winston also worked at the Berkeley Athletic club in New York.^[5] After Yale, Winston also oversaw the building of a gymnasium in Townsend, Washington in 1887.^[6]

He was the first coach of the Syracuse and Georgia football teams to receive a salary.^[7] During his single season at Georgia in 1894, Winston's team compiled a record of 5–1 including a win against the Auburn Tigers.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Syracuse Orangemen (Independent) (1890)
1890	Syracuse	7–4
Syracuse:		7–4
Georgia Bulldogs (Independent) (1894)
1894	Georgia	5–1
Georgia:		5–1
Total:		12–5

References

^ "Page 3, Syracuse Evening Herald, September 15, 1893". NewspaperARCHIVE.com. February 16, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
^ The Pioneer Days - Google Books. 1987. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
^ "Tower, Glance at Amherst Athletics (1935) | Amherst College". Amherst.edu. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
^ "Atlanta News, Sports, Atlanta Weather, Business News | ajc.com". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
^ "Ottawa Defeats Queens, 6 TO 1 - Canadian College Teams Display Fast Play for Fellowes Silver Trophy. - View Article - NYTimes.com" (PDF). New York Times. December 31, 1913. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
^ "Fact and Rumor. | News | The Harvard Crimson".
^ Alandt, Anthony (November 2, 2022). "The storied history of Syracuse football began well before its 1889 loss to Rochester". The Daily Orange. Retrieved December 18, 2022.

Additional sources

John F. Stegeman, The Ghosts of Herty Field: Early Days on a Southern Gridiron, pp. 22–23, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1966, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-27606