James Johnston Robinson (15 November 1881 – 5 November 1947) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Carlton
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in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of George Robinson (1861–1946), and Jane Emiline Robinson (1864–1918), née Milson, James Johnston Robinson was born at
Seymour
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...
on 15 November 1881.
He married Mary Anne Maud Martell (1883–1957) on 10 September 1912.
Football
Recruited from a local Metropolitan Junior League team, Stanley United Football Club — its home ground was at
Royal Park, Melbourne
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— he played his only game for the Carlton First XVIII (replacing
Charlie Maplestone
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at full-back)
against St Kilda, at Princes Park, on 25 May 1901, at the age of 19.
Death
A retired railway employee, Robinson died (suddenly) at
Seymour
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Places Australia
*Seymour, Victoria, a township
*Electoral district of Seymour, a former electoral district in Victoria
*Rural City of Seymour, a former local government area in Victoria
*Seymour, Tasmania, a locality
...
on 5 November 1947.
Deaths: Robinson, ''The Age'', (Friday, 7 November 1947), p.7.
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Notes
External links
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Jimmy Robinson's profile
at Blueseum
1881 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Carlton Football Club players
1947 deaths
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