Jack Robinson (American football)

Jack Robinson

1935 Wheaties box with Robinson photograph
Date of birth: April 20, 1913
Place of birth: Huntington, Long Island, New York
Date of death: December 27, 1971 (aged 58)
Place of death: Garden City, New York
Career information
Position(s): Center
College: University of Notre Dame
Organizations
As player:
1932, 1934 ND Fighting Irish
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1934)

John Joseph "Jack" Robinson, Jr.[1] (April 20, 1913 – December 27, 1971) was an American football player. A native of Huntington, New York, he played college football at the center position at the University of Notre Dame and was a consensus selection on the 1934 College Football All-America Team.[2][3]

Robinson was born into an affluent family from Long Island, New York and owned race horses during the time he was at Notre Dame.[4] In his later years, Robinson had his legs amputated due to blood clots. He also had a heart attack in September 1970 and was hospitalized at the Nassau Hospital.[5] He died on December 27, 1971 of another heart attack at his home in Garden City, New York.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.archives.nd.edu/Football/Football-1932.pdf
  2. ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jack Robinson card". Collegiate Collection. 1990. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=bcheights19341121.2.21
  5. ↑ http://www.archives.nd.edu/Alumnus/VOL_0048/VOL_0048_ISSUE_0007.pdf
  6. ↑ "Deaths Elsewhere", New Castle News, Tuesday, December 28, 1971, New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States Of America