John W. Robinson (July 15, 1880 – July 22, 1921) was a

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player. Robinson played for the

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in . Robinson attended

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, where he played

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for the Crimson from 1899–1902. He was born in Portland, Maine and died in

Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...

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