Jack Robinson (American football)

John Joseph 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]

Jack Robinson
1935 Wheaties box with Robinson photograph
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born:(1913-04-20)April 20, 1913
Huntington, Long Island, New York
Died:December 27, 1971(1971-12-27) (aged 58)
Garden City, New York
Career history
CollegeNotre Dame (1932, 1934)
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1934)

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. "Jack Robinson card". Collegiate Collection. 1990. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  4. "The Heights, Volume XV, Number 9 — 21 November 1934 — Boston College Newspapers".
  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
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