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Wheaties box with Robinson photograph | |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
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Position | Center |
Personal information | |
Born: | Huntington, Long Island, New York | April 20, 1913
Died: | December 27, 1971 Garden City, New York | (aged 58)
Career history | |
College | Notre Dame (1932, 1934) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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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]
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]
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Wheaties box with Robinson photograph | |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
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Position | Center |
Personal information | |
Born: | Huntington, Long Island, New York | April 20, 1913
Died: | December 27, 1971 Garden City, New York | (aged 58)
Career history | |
College | Notre Dame (1932, 1934) |
Career highlights and awards | |
|
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]
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]