Jimmy Robinson (Australian footballer) explained

Jimmy Robinson
Fullname:	James Johnston Robinson
Birth Date:	15 November 1881
Birth Place:	Seymour, Victoria
Death Place:	Seymour, Victoria
Originalteam:	Stanley United
Statsend:	1901
Years1:	1901
Games Goals1:	1 (0)

James Johnston Robinson (15 November 1881 – 5 November 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of George Robinson (1861–1946),^[1] and Jane Emiline Robinson (1864–1918), née Milson, James Johnston Robinson was born at Seymour on 15 November 1881.

He married Mary Anne Maud Martell (1883–1957) on 10 September 1912.^[2]

Football

Recruited from a local Metropolitan Junior League team, Stanley United Football Club — its home ground was at Royal Park, Melbourne — he played his only game for the Carlton First XVIII (replacing Charlie Maplestone at full-back) against St Kilda, at Princes Park, on 25 May 1901, at the age of 19.^[3]

Death

A retired railway employee,^[4] Robinson died (suddenly) at Seymour on 5 November 1947.^[5]

External links

• • • Jimmy Robinson's profile at Blueseum

Notes and References

1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206380611 Deaths: Robinson, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 August 1946), p.10.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10509236 Marriages: Robinson—Martell, The Argus, (Saturday, 19 October 1912), p.13.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243005955 Football: Carlton v. St. Kilda, The Herald, (Saturday, 25 May 1901), p.4.
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22520238 Law Notices, The Argus, (Monday, 17 November 1947), p.11
5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206050101 Deaths: Robinson, The Age, (Friday, 7 November 1947), p.7.