John Yate Robinson
English field hockey player
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John Yate Robinson MC (6 August 1885 – 23 August 1916)[1] was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the English team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[2][3]
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| Born | 6 August 1885 Catford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 August 1916 (aged 31) Roehampton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Half-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born in Catford, son of clergyman the Reverend Edward Cecil Robinson and his wife Edith Isabella,[4] he was educated at Radley College[3] and Merton College, Oxford, where he was awarded his MA in 1912.[1] He was on the Oxford University hockey team from 1905 through 1909, eventually becoming captain. He became a teacher, serving as master at Sherborne School and in Broadstairs, Kent.[5]
He played nine times for England.[5] After Oxford, he played for Sherborne at club level and Dorset at county level.[6]
Robinson became a captain in the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1914, and served at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia. He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross.[1] He died aged 31 at Roehampton, from wounds he had received in action at El Hannah in Mesopotamia.[1][3][7] He was buried at Great Malvern Cemetery, Worcestershire.[4]
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