Arch Robinson | |
Fullname: | Archibald Robinson |
Birth Date: | 9 July 1890 |
Birth Place: | Mitta Mitta, Victoria |
Originalteam: | North Melbourne Juniors |
Statsend: | 1911 |
Years1: | 1911 |
Games Goals1: | 1 (0) |
Years2: | 1912 |
Club2: | Melbourne City (VFA) |
Games Goals2: | 8 (0) |
Years3: | 1913 |
Club3: | Port Melbourne (VFA) |
Games Goals3: | 1 (0) |
Years4: | 1914 |
Club4: | Hawthorn (VFA) |
Games Goals4: | 1 (0) |
Years5: | 1914 |
Club5: | Northcote (VFA) |
Games Goals5: | 1 (0) |
Games Goalstotal: | 12 (0) |
Archibald Robinson (born 9 July 1890) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL)[1] and Hawthorn, Melbourne City, Northcote and Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
The son of William George Robinson (1840-1894), and Elizabeth Ann Robinson (1854-1913), née Lowns, Archibald Robinson was born at Mitta Mitta, Victoria on 9 July 1890.
He married Edith Robinson Whitehead (1889-1966), later Mrs. John Francis Muir, on 11 January 1913;[2] their only child was stillborn on 22 August 1913. They were divorced in 1921.
In 1912 he was cleared from Richmond to the Melbourne City Football Club in the VFA.
He enlisted in the First AIF on 17 August 1914, served overseas with the 7th Battalion, was in the first landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, and was transferred to the Australian Army Provost Corps in 1916.
He was wounded twice in action, and returned to Australia on 20 October 1918.