Bill Robinson (Australian footballer, born 1919)

For other footballers with the same name, see William Robinson.

Bill Robinson
Personal information
Full name William Haigh Robinson
Date of birth (1919-01-22)22 January 1919
Place of birth Daylesford, Victoria
Date of death 2 September 2007(2007-09-02) (aged 88)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1938–39 Hawthorn 6 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Haigh Robinson (22 January 1919 – 2 September 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

After initially serving in the army reserve, Robinson transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1941,[2] serving as an equipment assistant after unsuccessfully applying to become a pilot.[3]

In 1950 he was seriously injured in a car accident that left him with permanent vision loss.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 715. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
  3. ^ "World War II Roll:William Haigh Robinson". Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. ^ "£10,000 Claim by ex-League Player Fails". The Age. No. 30, 444. Victoria, Australia. 25 November 1952. p. 4.


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