Asa Robinson

{{short description|GB & England international rugby league footballer & WW1 MM recipient}}

{{for|the founder of Conway, Arkansas|Asa P. Robinson}}

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{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Asa Robinson

|fullname = Asa Robinson

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|birth_date = 1883

|birth_place = Northowram, Yorkshire, England1911 England Census

|death_date = 8 December 1924 (aged 40){{cite news |title=Death of Asa Robinson – Veteran Halifax Footballer |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19241209/015/0004 |accessdate=10 July 2018 |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=9 December 1924 |page=4 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

|death_place = Halifax, Yorkshire, England

|height = {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}

|weight = {{convert|15|st|0|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

|position = Forward

|club1 = Halifax

|year1start = 1904

|year1end = 23

|appearances1 = 348

|tries1 = 38

|goals1 = 14

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 142

|teamA = Yorkshire

|yearAstart =

|yearAend =

|appearancesA = 4

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|teamB = England

|yearBstart = 1908

|yearBend = 09

|appearancesB = 6

|triesB = 1

|goalsB = 0

|fieldgoalsB = 0

|pointsB = 3

|teamC = Great Britain

|yearCstart = 1908

|yearCend = 09

|appearancesC = 3

|triesC = 3

|goalsC = 0

|fieldgoalsC = 0

|pointsC = 9

|new = yes

|retired = yes

|updated = 22 May 2012

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/asa-robinson/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Robinson&submit=Go&c=England|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212714/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Robinson&submit=Go&c=England|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 March 2018|title=England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Robinson&submit=Go&c=GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212812/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Robinson&submit=Go&c=GB|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 March 2018|title=Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

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Asa Robinson {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MM}} (1883 – 8 December 1924) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax, as a forward.