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) |
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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]