| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Donald Robinson | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1949–1956 | Wakefield Trinity | |||||
| 1956–≥1956 | Leeds | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1951–1956 | Rugby League XIII | |||||
| 1951–1956 | Yorkshire | |||||
| 1951–1956 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1954–1960 | Great Britain | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Donald "Don" Robinson is an English former professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1940s, '50s and '60s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, England, Yorkshire, and Rugby League XIII, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, and Leeds, playing at Prop, or Second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.
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Don Robinson represented the Rugby League XIII while at Wakefield Trinity in 1954 against Australasia, won caps for England while at Wakefield Trinity in 1951 against France, in 1955 against Other Nations, and while at Leeds in 1956 against France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against France, New Zealand, and Australia, and France, in 1955 against New Zealand, and while at Leeds in 1956 against Australia (2 matches), in 1959 against Australia (2 matches), and in 1960 against France.[1]
Don Robinson played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12 in all four of Great Britain's 1954 Rugby League World Cup matches, including Great Britain's 16-12 victory over France in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup final at Parc des Princes, Paris on 13 November 1954. For his participation in these four matches, Don Robinson was paid a total of £25 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £1,410 in 2009).[2]
Don Robinson also represented Great Britain while at Leeds between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).[3]
Don Robinson was selected for Yorkshire County XIII whilst at Wakefield Trinity during the 1951/52, 1954/55 and 1955/56 seasons.[4]
Don Robinson played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Leeds' 9-7 victory over Barrow in the 1956–57 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on 11 May 1957.
Don Robinson was transferred from Wakefield Trinity to Leeds in January 1956, with Fred Smith going the other way. In addition, Wakefield Trinity also received £3,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £143,000 in 2009).[2]
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