Jim Robison (footballer)

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Jim Robison
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Personal information
Full name James Macfarlane Robison
Date of birth(1927-12-22)22 December 1927
Place of birth Kooyong, Victoria
Date of death 29 March 2015(2015-03-29) (aged 87) [1]
Place of death Albury, New South Wales [2]
Original team(s) Old Scotch
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Defence
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1947–53 Hawthorn 89 (17)
1954 Box Hill (VFA) 14 0(5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Macfarlane Robison (22 December 1927 - 29 March 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ "James Macfarlane (Jim) ROBISON". The Border Mail. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Great Scot: Obituaries". Scotch College.
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 760. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.

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