Jimmy Robinson (Australian footballer)

James Johnston Robinson (15 November 1881 – 5 November 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Jimmy Robinson
Personal information
Full name James Johnston Robinson
Date of birth (1881-11-15)15 November 1881
Place of birth Seymour, Victoria
Date of death 5 November 1947(1947-11-05) (aged 65)
Place of death Seymour, Victoria
Original team(s) Stanley United
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1901 Carlton 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of George Robinson (1861-1946),[2] and Jane Emiline Robinson (1864-1918), née Milson, James Johnston Robinson was born at Seymour on 15 November 1881.

He married Mary Anne Maud Martell (1883-1957) on 10 September 1912.[3]

Football

Recruited from a local Metropolitan Junior League team, Stanley United Football Club — its home ground was at Royal Park, Melbourne — he played his only game for the Carlton First XVIII (replacing Charlie Maplestone at full-back) against St Kilda, at Princes Park, on 25 May 1901, at the age of 19.[4]

Death

A retired railway employee,[5] Robinson died (suddenly) at Seymour on 5 November 1947.[6]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 715. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. Deaths: Robinson, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 August 1946), p.10.
  3. Marriages: Robinson—Martell, The Argus, (Saturday, 19 October 1912), p.13.
  4. Football: Carlton v. St. Kilda, The Herald, (Saturday, 25 May 1901), p.4.
  5. Law Notices, The Argus, (Monday, 17 November 1947), p.11: notice of wife's intention to apply for probate.
  6. Deaths: Robinson, The Age, (Friday, 7 November 1947), p.7.
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