John Joseph Robinson, Jr.[1] (April 20, 1913 – December 27, 1971) was an American football player. A native of Huntington, New York, he played college football at the center position at the University of Notre Dame and was a consensus selection on the 1934 College Football All-America Team.[2][3]
.jpg) 1935 Wheaties box with Robinson photograph | |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 20, 1913 Huntington, Long Island, New York |
| Died: | December 27, 1971 (aged 58) Garden City, New York |
| Career history | |
| College | Notre Dame (1932, 1934) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Robinson was born into an affluent family from Long Island, New York and owned race horses during the time he was at Notre Dame.[4] In his later years, Robinson had his legs amputated due to blood clots. He also had a heart attack in September 1970 and was hospitalized at the Nassau Hospital.[5] He died on December 27, 1971, of another heart attack at his home in Garden City, New York.[6]
References edit
- ^ http://www.archives.nd.edu/Football/Football-1932.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ "Jack Robinson card". Collegiate Collection. 1990. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
- ^ "The Heights, Volume XV, Number 9 — 21 November 1934 — Boston College Newspapers".
- ^ http://www.archives.nd.edu/Alumnus/VOL_0048/VOL_0048_ISSUE_0007.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Deaths Elsewhere", New Castle News, Tuesday, December 28, 1971, New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States Of America
