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Torrey was from Montclair, New Jersey. He enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania in 1902 and played four years of varsity football. As a freshman in 1902, he played at the tackle position, but he was moved to end in 1903. He played center and was selected as the captain of the University of Pennsylvania's unbeaten teams of 1904 and 1905. He was selected by his teammates as the captain of the 1905 Penn football team and was selected by Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney as a first-team All-American that year. In April 1907, Torrey was hired as the field coach for Penn's football team. After retiring from football, Torrey was a medical doctor and became the head of the medical board at Philadelphia's General Hospital. He died in 1941.

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rdf:type	College coach
rdfs:label	Robert Torrey
rdfs:comment	Torrey was from Montclair, New Jersey. He enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania in 1902 and played four years of varsity football. As a freshman in 1902, he played at the tackle position, but he was moved to end in 1903. He played center and was selected as the captain of the University of Pennsylvania's unbeaten teams of 1904 and 1905. He was selected by his teammates as the captain of the 1905 Penn football team and was selected by Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney as a first-team All-American that year. In April 1907, Torrey was hired as the field coach for Penn's football team. After retiring from football, Torrey was a medical doctor and became the head of the medical board at Philadelphia's General Hospital. He died in 1941.
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Birth Date	1878-07-12(xsd:date)
player years	1903(xsd:integer)
Name	Robert Torrey Torrey, Robert
Sport	American Football
Caption	Image from Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.
Player	Y
Date of Death	1941-01-12(xsd:date)
player teams	Penn Quakers football
Awards	First-team All-American, 1905
Date of Birth	1878-07-12(xsd:date)
Short Description	American football player and coach
player positions	Tackle (American football) End (American football) Center (American football)
abstract	Torrey was from Montclair, New Jersey. He enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania in 1902 and played four years of varsity football. As a freshman in 1902, he played at the tackle position, but he was moved to end in 1903. He played center and was selected as the captain of the University of Pennsylvania's unbeaten teams of 1904 and 1905. He was selected by his teammates as the captain of the 1905 Penn football team and was selected by Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney as a first-team All-American that year. In April 1907, Torrey was hired as the field coach for Penn's football team. After retiring from football, Torrey was a medical doctor and became the head of the medical board at Philadelphia's General Hospital. He died in 1941.

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