Jack Robinson (American football) explained

Jack Robinson
Currentposition:Center
Birth Date:20 April 1913
Birth Place:Huntington, Long Island, New York
Death Place:Garden City, New York
School:Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Pastschools:Notre Dame (1932, 1934)
Highlights:

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.archives.nd.edu/Football/Football-1932.pdf
  2. Web site: 2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) . 2014 . August 16, 2014 . 5 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082159/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf . dead . October 6, 2014 .
  3. Web site: Jack Robinson card. Collegiate Collection. 1990. August 22, 2014.
  4. Web site: The Heights, Volume XV, Number 9 — 21 November 1934 — Boston College Newspapers.
  5. http://www.archives.nd.edu/Alumnus/VOL_0048/VOL_0048_ISSUE_0007.pdf
  6. "Deaths Elsewhere", New Castle News, Tuesday, December 28, 1971, New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States Of America