Jimmy Robinson (Australian footballer)


James Johnston Robinson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League.

Family

The son of George Robinson, and Jane Emiline Robinson, née Milson, James Johnston Robinson was born at Seymour on 15 November 1881.
He married Mary Anne Maud Martell on 10 September 1912.

Football

Recruited from a local Metropolitan Junior League team, Stanley United Football Club — its home ground was at Royal Park, Melbourne — he played his only game for the Carlton First XVIII against St Kilda, at Princes Park, on 25 May 1901, at the age of 19.

Death

A retired railway employee, Robinson died at Seymour on 5 November 1947.