Henry William "Robbie" "Captain" Robinson (October 26, 1893 – ?) was an American

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player and coach. During the

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, he played for the 1917 Camp Gordon football team.

Auburn University

He was a prominent

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for

Mike Donahue Michael Joseph "Iron Mike" Donahue (June 14, 1876 – December 11, 1960) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track, soccer, and golf, and a college athletics administrator. He served as the head foot ...

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from

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. He was a member of an All-time Auburn Tigers football team selected in 1935, as well as coach Donahue's all-time Auburn team. He was nominated though not selected for an ''Associated Press'' All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.

1913

Robinson was All-Southern in

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1914

He was

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of the 1914 team. One writer claims "Auburn had a lot of great football teams, but there may not have been one greater than the 1913-1914 team."

Coaching career

Robinson assisted coach Bill Alexander and the national champion

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by coaching the ends.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Robbie 1893 births Year of death missing American football ends Auburn Tigers football players Camp Gordon football players All-Southern college football players Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football coaches People from Conecuh County, Alabama Players of American football from Alabama