Joe Robinson (footballer, born 1919)
{{Short description|English footballer}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Joe Robinson
| image =
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| fullname = Joseph Robinson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|3|4||df=y}}
| birth_place = Morpeth, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|7|12|1919|3|4|df=y}}
| height =
| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 19??–1947
| clubs1 = Hartlepools United
| caps1 = ?
| goals1 = ?
| years2 = 1947–1948
| clubs2 = Blackpool
| caps2 = 25
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1948–1953
| clubs3 = Hull City
| caps3 = 70
| goals3 = 0
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| manageryears1 = 1953–1956
| managerclubs1 = Wisbech Town (player-manager)
}}
Joseph Robinson (4 March 1919 – 12 July 1991) was an English football goalkeeper. He played for Blackpool in their appearance in the 1948 FA Cup Final against Manchester United.
Playing career
=Hartlepools United=
Born in Morpeth, Northumberland, Robinson began his career at Third Division North side Hartlepools United.
=Blackpool=
Robinson joined First Division side Blackpool in 1947. After He made his Football League debut for them on 17 January 1948, in a 1–1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux Stadium, replacing Jock Wallace for the second half of the 1947–48 season.
He kept four successive clean sheets in the club's FA Cup run that season, which took them to the final at Wembley, where they lost 2–4 to Manchester United.{{cite web|url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1948.htm|title=Wembley - Saturday 24th April Manchester United 4 Blackpool 2|publisher=fa-cupfinals.co.uk|accessdate=26 January 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519060814/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1948.htm|archivedate=19 May 2009|df=dmy-all}} Robinson's appearance in the final came after only seventeen games for Blackpool.{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~1296909,00.html|title=A Few Sidelights On The 1948 FA Cup Final|last=Wolstenholme|first=Gerry|date=24 April 2008|publisher=Blackpool F.C.|accessdate=26 January 2010}}
Robinson played in the first eight League games of the 1948–49 campaign before being sold to Hull City. He had made a total of 25 League appearances for Blackpool, and was succeeded in the Seasiders
=Hull City=
Robinson moved across the Pennines to join Hull City in 1948, helping them to win the Third Division North title, and with it promotion to the Second Division in the 1948–49 season.
In five years with the Tigers, he made seventy League appearances.
Managerial career
Robinson had a brief career as a player-manager. He was in charge of non-League side Wisbech Town between 1953 and 1956.
Honours
- Hull City
- Third Division North champion: 1948–49.
Post-retirement
=Death=
Robinson died on 12 July 1991, at the age of 72.
=Theft=
In January 2010, Robinson's FA Cup runners-up medal was stolen in a burglary from his son, Keith's house in Lower Withington, Cheshire.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8461003.stm|title=FA Cup medal stolen from Blackpool player's family|date=15 January 2010|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=26 January 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/news/s/1189252_plea_for_safe_return_of_cup_final_medal|title=Plea for safe return of Cup Final medal|last=Nortcliffe|first=Ria|date=15 January 2010|newspaper=Macclesfield Express|accessdate=26 January 2010|location=Macclesfield}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/blackpool/blackpool.html Robinson's stats at Blackpool]
- [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/hull/hull.html Robinson's stats at Hull City]
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:English football managers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Hartlepool United F.C. players
Category:Blackpool F.C. players
Category:Hull City A.F.C. players
Category:Wisbech Town F.C. players
Category:Footballers from Morpeth, Northumberland