Jimmy Robinson (Australian footballer)

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Fullname James Johnston Robinson
Date of birth (1881-11-15)15 November 1881
Place of birth Seymour, Victoria
Date of death 5 November 1947(1947-11-05) (aged 65)
Jimmy Robinson
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Full name James Johnston Robinson
Date of birth (1881-11-15)15 November 1881
Place of birth Seymour, Victoria
Date of death 5 November 1947(1947-11-05) (aged 65)
Place of death Seymour, Victoria
Original team(s) Stanley United
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1901 Carlton 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Johnston Robinson (15 November 1881 – 5 November 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

The son of George Robinson (1861–1946),[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

Death

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