Bill Robinson (Australian footballer, born 1919)

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{For|other footballers with the same name|William Robinson (disambiguation){{!}}William Robinson}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Bill Robinson

| image =

| fullname = William Haigh Robinson

| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|01|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Daylesford, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|09|02|1919|01|22|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| height = 185 cm

| weight = 81 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1939

| years1 = 1938–39

| club1 = {{AFL Haw}}

| games_goals1 = 6 (3)

| careerhighlights =

}}

William Haigh Robinson (22 January 1919 – 2 September 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=715}}

After initially serving in the army reserve, Robinson transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1941,{{cite book |author=Cullen, Barbara |title=Harder than football : league players at war |page=442 |publication-date=2015 |location=Richmond, Victoria |publisher=Slattery Media Group |isbn=978-0-992379-14-8}} serving as an equipment assistant after unsuccessfully applying to become a pilot.{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=888948 |title=World War II Roll:William Haigh Robinson |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |access-date=8 October 2018 |archive-date=8 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061515/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=888948 |url-status=dead }}

In 1950 he was seriously injured in a car accident that left him with permanent vision loss.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205433094 |title=£10,000 Claim by ex-League Player Fails |newspaper=The Age |issue=30,444 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=25 November 1952 |page=4}}