Henry W. Robinson

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Robbie Robinson
Auburn Tigers
Position End
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1893-10-26)October 26, 1893
Brooklyn, Conecuh County, Alabama, U.S.
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career history
College Auburn (1911–1914)
Career highlights and awards

Henry William "Robbie" "Captain" Robinson (October 26, 1893  ?) was an American college football player and coach. During the First World War, he played for the 1917 Camp Gordon football team.

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Auburn University

He was a prominent end for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University from 1911 to 1914. He was a member of an All-time Auburn Tigers football team selected in 1935, [1] as well as coach Donahue's all-time Auburn team. [2] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. [3]

1913

Robinson was All-Southern in 1913. [4]

1914

He was captain of the 1914 team. [5] One writer claims "Auburn had a lot of great football teams, but there may not have been one greater than the 1913-1914 team." [6]

Coaching career

Robinson assisted coach Bill Alexander and the national champion 1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team by coaching the ends. [7]

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References

  1. "Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Auburn vs. Tulane". Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  2. "Mike Donahue Names All-Time Auburn Football Team". The Tuscaloosa News. January 10, 1933.
  3. "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
  4. "Constitution's All-Southern Picked By Coach Donahue of Champion Auburn Team". Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1913.
  5. "Team Captains" (PDF).
  6. Ethan Brady. "Auburn's 1913 Undefeated Team" (PDF).
  7. Garrett, Franklin M. (2011) [1969]. Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s–1930s. Vol. 2. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 11. ISBN   978-0-8203-3904-7.