Gilbert Robinson
{{short description|GB international rugby league footballer}}
{{about||the Canadian mathematician|Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson}}
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|fullname = Gilbert Robinson
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|birth_date = {{circa|1909}}
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|death_date = unknown
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|position = {{rlp|FB|CE}}
|club1 = Wakefield Trinity
|year1start = 1929
|year1end = 33
|appearances1 = 91
|tries1 = 28
|goals1 = 18
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 120
|club2 = Barrow
|club3 = Castleford
|year3start = 1936
|year3end = 37
|appearances3 = 2
|tries3 = 0
|goals3 = 0
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|yearAend = ≥32
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Gilbert Robinson (born {{circa|1909}} – death unknown) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and at club level for Wakefield Trinity and Castleford as a {{rlp|fb}} or {{rlp|ce}}.David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000) "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0752418957}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/alltime.php|title=Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)|publisher=thecastlefordtigers.co.uk |date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216084010/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/alltime.php|archivedate=16 February 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/playerprofile.php?pid=704|title=Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk|publisher=thecastlefordtigers.co.uk |date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601225404/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/playerprofile.php?pid=704|archivedate=1 June 2012}}
Playing career
=Club career=
Robinson made his début for Wakefield Trinity during November 1929. He played {{rlp|fb}} in Wakefield Trinity's 0–8 defeat by Leeds in the 1932 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1932–33 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 19 November 1932. On 31 August 1933, he was signed by Barrow for a fee of £600.{{cite news |title=Robinson to leave for Barrow |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000748/19330901/251/0009 |work=Leeds Mercury |date=1 September 1933 |page=9 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}
In August 1936, Robinson signed for Castleford.{{cite news |title=Castleford sign Robinson of Barrow |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000748/19360827/183/0009 |work=Leeds Mercury |date=27 August 1936 |page=9 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}
In April 1940, Robinson was charged with burglary and sentenced to two years imprisonment. The detective sergeant at the quarter sessions stated that after Robinson returned from the Tour in Australia, "he began gambling, drinking, and associating with thieves and other undesirable persons, with the result that he could not be relied upon, and the football clubs lost interest in him".{{cite news |title=Gaol for ex-rugby league player |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19400408/141/0005 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=8 April 1940 |page=5 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}} He had previously served two shorter terms in prison for similar offences in the 1930s.{{cite news |title=Rugby League Footballer Sent to Prison |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19341009/045/0003 |work=Halifax Evening Courier |date=9 October 1934 |page=3 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |title=Ex-rugby player sentenced |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001121/19371005/009/0009 |work=Grimsby Daily Telegraph |date=5 October 1937 |page=9 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}
=International honours=
Gilbert Robinson was selected for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity for the 1932 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.
References
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{{Great Britain squad – 1932 Australia & New Zealand Tourists}}
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Category:Barrow Raiders players
Category:Castleford Tigers players
Category:English rugby league players
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Category:Wakefield Trinity players