Aggie Flashback: Former DB Jay Brooks reflects on Harold Robertson

Key quotes from Jay Brooks interview

“I was at work and I kept getting phone calls from Amon Simon, he usually doesn’t call me often so I was a little worried. He called me and started breaking down, and told me Harold had died. I just talked to Harold two or three weeks ago, we were talking about working out. He was trying to get back in shape. I know he was going back to school to be a principal.”

“Harold never had an enemy. Through college and adult life, I had never known Harold to get upset about anything. He always had a smile on his face, every day was a happy day for him. No matter what was going on in the meeting room, whether we lost or won, Harold was just cool. He had an old soul, that was Harold all day.”

“He would always find a way to calm you down, he would always bring both sides back together. Every team has that Harold, nothing is ever bad, nothing is wrong. Every team needs that just to get through, because you are going to have good times and bad times, you need that positive person to get through. He’ll be missed."

“He went to the hospital Thursday, I believe. The doctor said he had walking pneumonia. He went back home, they gave him some medicine and his wife checked on him that morning, called them back that afternoon. They said what ultimately killed him was a blood clot. He just never woke up that evening.”

“You have to take the time to tell people you love them and talk to them. I took the opportunity to reach out to my teammates, out of the blue, because you never know when they might be gone.”

“Harold was a safety in high school and I was worried he was going to take my spot because Harold was so fast and long, he was a freak of nature. They put him at linebacker, but I always thought if he played safety, he’d still be playing.”