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1908 London | Team competition |
John Yate Robinson MC (6 August 1885 – 23 August 1916) [1] was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the English team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. [2] [3]
Son of clergyman the Reverend Edward Cecil Robinson and his wife Edith Isabella, [4] he was educated at Radley College [3] and Merton College, Oxford, where he was awarded his MA in 1912. [1] He was on the Oxford University hockey team from 1905 through 1909, eventually captaining it. [5]
He became a captain in the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1914, and served at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia. He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross. [1]
He died aged 31 at Roehampton, from wounds he had received in action at El Hannah in Mesopotamia. [1] [3] [6] He was buried at Great Malvern Cemetery, Worcestershire. [4]
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's field hockey | ||
Representing
Great Britain ( England) | ||
1908 London | Team competition |
John Yate Robinson MC (6 August 1885 – 23 August 1916) [1] was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the English team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. [2] [3]
Son of clergyman the Reverend Edward Cecil Robinson and his wife Edith Isabella, [4] he was educated at Radley College [3] and Merton College, Oxford, where he was awarded his MA in 1912. [1] He was on the Oxford University hockey team from 1905 through 1909, eventually captaining it. [5]
He became a captain in the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1914, and served at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia. He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross. [1]
He died aged 31 at Roehampton, from wounds he had received in action at El Hannah in Mesopotamia. [1] [3] [6] He was buried at Great Malvern Cemetery, Worcestershire. [4]