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 Robert Mosby 

Robert F. Mosby was born in Versailles, Kentucky, in 1923. He was a graduate of Simmons High School in Kentucky and earned an undergraduate degree from Tennessee State University.

He would later receive a Masters degree from Columbia University. After graduation he began a 43-year career in education and athletics.

During the 1949 and 1950 football seasons, Mosby served as an assistant coach at Escambia County Training School in Atmore. From 1951 through 1954, he was head football coach at Escambia County Training where his teams were 23-12-1 for the four-year period, including a 9-0-1 finish in 1954.

Coach Mosby became head football coach at Cobb Avenue High in Anniston in 1955, he remained there for a total of 18 seasons. His teams tied for the Alabama Interscholastic Athletic Association Class 3A State Championship in 1965 and 1967, going 7-3-1 in 1965 and 9-0-1 in 1967.

Mosbys first Cobb Avenue team was AIAA Northeast District Champion, the first such title for Cobb Avenue in school history. In addition to the 1955 team, Mosbys 1959, 1960 and 1961 teams were also district champions.

In the final game of the 1969 season, the Anniston Quarterback Clubs Crippled Childrens Charity Bowl, Cobb Avenue defeated Anniston 31-21 for Mosbys 100th career win at Cobb Avenue.

In 1970, Cobb Avenue was 10-0-0 in regular season play. The Panthers were ranked No. 7 among Class 4A schools in the AHSAA points system and one of eight teams to make the playoffs before losing to No. 2 Minor in the opening round.

At Cobb Avenue, Mosbys football record was 121-50-10. His overall football record was 144-62-11 in 22 seasons. Seven times he was named coach of the year.

Following the 1972-73 school year Cobb Avenue became a junior high school and Mosby remained at Cobb Avenue as the assistant principal. He was later an administrator at Anniston Middle School until he retired in 1992.

He served as assistant principal at Cobb Avenue Junior High and Anniston Middle School for 17 years. Prior to his retirement Mosby was named Anniston teacher of the year and district teacher of the year.

He was inducted into the Alabama High School Athletic Associations Hall of Fame in 1995. He passed away on October 11, 2004.


Known Record:  144-62-11   69.9%
 Season Total   Playoffs   Region Record 
 Team   Season  Class   W/L/T   PF  PA   W/L/T  PF  PA   Region  Title  W/L/T   PF  PA 
Cobb Avenue
Cobb Avenue1972 3A5-5212133
Cobb Avenue1971 3A7-231671
Cobb Avenue1970 4A10-1506340-1016
Cobb Avenue1969 4A8-230191
Cobb Avenue1968 AIAA6-3-119193
Cobb Avenue1967 AIAA9-0-1234640-0-11818
Cobb Avenue1966 AIAA7-220166
Cobb Avenue1965 AIAA6-4-1264116
Cobb Avenue1964 AIAA5-611790
Cobb Avenue1963 AIAA5-5137115
Cobb Avenue1962 AIAA4-5-111171
Cobb Avenue1961 AIAA7-1-117136
Cobb Avenue1960 AIAA9-122551
Cobb Avenue1959 AIAA8-1-119765
Cobb Avenue1958 AIAA2-7-179157
Cobb Avenue1957 AIAA7-316237
Cobb Avenue1956 AIAA6-2-29364
Cobb Avenue1955 AIAA7-2-112544
 18 Years118-52-10364213980-2-230780-000
    
Escambia County Training
Escambia County Training1954 AIAA8-0-110639
Escambia County Training1953 AIAA1-13726
Escambia County Training1952 AIAA0-000
Escambia County Training1951 AIAA2-0260
 4 Years11-1-1169650-0000-000
    
TOTALS
 22 Years129-53-11381114630-2-230780-000


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