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Bobby Robinson (other)
Bobby Robinson may refer to: * Bobby Robinson (baseball) (1903–2002), Negro league baseball player * Bobby Robinson (record producer) (1917–2011), American independent record producer * Bobby Robinson (footballer, born 1950) (1950–1996), Scottish football midfielder * Bobby Robinson (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1975), English football goalkeeper *Melville Marks Robinson Melville Marks Robinson (April 8, 1888 – June 6, 1974) was a Canadian journalist and sports executive, also known as M. M. Robinson and Bobby Robinson. He was the sports editor of '' The Hamilton Spectator'', and founded the British Empire Ga ... (1888–1974), Canadian journalist and sports executive, also known as "Bobby Robinson" See also * Robert Robinson (other) * Robbie Robinson (other) {{hndis, Robinson, Bobby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Robinson (baseball)
William L. "Bobby" Robinson (October 25, 1903 - May 17, 2002) was an American professional baseball third baseman, shortstop and left fielder in the Negro leagues from 1925–1940. He was known as the "Human Vacuum Cleaner" because of his fielding ability. Robinson started with the semi-pro Mobile Tigers with fellow Negro league players Satchel Paige and Ted Radcliffe. He moved on to the Pensacola Giants where he was discovered by the Indianapolis ABC's in 1925. He went on to play for the Birmingham Black Barons, the Chicago American Giants, the Memphis Red Sox, and the Detroit Stars over the next eight years. Robinson retired from baseball in 1942. He died on May 17, 2002, in Chicago, Illinois Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite .... References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Robinson (record Producer)
Morgan Clyde "Bobby" Robinson (April 16, 1917 – January 7, 2011) was an American independent record producer and songwriter in New York City, most active from the 1950s through the mid-1980s. Robinson produced hits by Wilbert Harrison, the Shirelles, Dave "Baby" Cortez, Elmore James, Lee Dorsey, Gladys Knight & The Pips, King Curtis, Spoonie Gee, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Doug E. Fresh, and Treacherous Three. He founded or co-founded Red Robin Records, Sue Records, Whirlin' Disc Records, Fury Records, Fire Records and Enjoy Records. Biography Born in Union, South Carolina, Robinson served in the US Army in World War II. After the war, Robinson moved to New York City and opened "Bobby's Record Shop" (later "Bobby's Happy House") in 1946. There were only a few Black-owned businesses on 125th Street in Harlem during this period. Robinson's record shop became one of them. Located on the corner of 125th St. and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. His shop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Robinson (footballer, Born 1950)
Robert Sharp Robinson (10 November 1950 – 24 December 1996) was a Scottish international footballer, who played as a midfielder. Beginning his career with Falkirk, Robinson went on to spend around half his career with Dundee, winning four caps for Scotland during his time at Dens Park. Later playing for city rivals Dundee United, Robinson moved on to Hearts and Raith Rovers, ending his senior career with Raith in 1983. Robinson played just under 300 league matches during his fourteen-year career. In 1989, he joined Dundee United's reserve team to help develop the team's younger players. After his football career, Robinson was a teacher in Kirriemuir and Brechin Brechin (; ) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Scottish Reformation, Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which contin .... He died after a long illness in 1996 at the age of 46. Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Robinson (footballer, Born 1921)
Robert Robinson (23 June 1921 – 1975) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sunderland Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p .... References 1921 births 1975 deaths Footballers from Ashington English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Burnley F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players English Football League players 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-goalkeeper-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melville Marks Robinson
Melville Marks Robinson (April 8, 1888 – June 6, 1974) was a Canadian journalist and sports executive, also known as M. M. Robinson and Bobby Robinson. He was the sports editor of '' The Hamilton Spectator'', and founded the British Empire Games, now known as the Commonwealth Games. Career Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Bobby Robinson left school at 13 to work as an office boy at the ''Toronto News'' where he later was assistant sports editor. In 1910 he became sports editor for '' The Hamilton Spectator''. He attended the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam as manager of the Canadian track and field team, to which he had recruited British Guiana runner Phil Edwards, whose "country" (actually a colony) had no Olympic team; like other countries' teams, this was Canada's first-ever co-ed track and field team. The Amsterdam Olympics provided Robinson with a venue for the contacts he would need to sell the idea of holding British Empire Games in the "spirit of friendly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robinson (other)
Robert Robinson may refer to: Politicians * Robert Robinson (Australian politician) (1811–1852), Australian politician * Robert Robinson (Canadian politician) (1826–1885), Canadian merchant and politician in New Brunswick * Robert E. Robinson (1947–1989), Savannah City Council member and attorney * Robert P. Robinson (Delaware politician) (1869–1939), American banker and politician, governor of Delaware * Robert P. Robinson (Wisconsin politician) (1884–1953), Wisconsin state senator * Robert Thomson Robinson (1867–1926), Australian politician Sportsmen * Robert Robinson (cricketer, born 1765) (1765–1822), English cricketer * Ginney Robinson (Robert Robinson) (fl. 1902–1911), American baseball player * Bob Robinson (American football) (fl. 1916), American football coach * Robert Robinson (footballer) (1906–1990), English association footballer * Bob Robinson (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1989), English football goalkeeper * Bob Robinson (Australian footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
