John Yate Robinson

John Yate Robinson MC (6 August 1885 – 23 August 1916)^[1] was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the English team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.^[2][3]

John Robinson

Personal information
Born	(1885-08-06)6 August 1885 Catford, England
Died	23 August 1916(1916-08-23) (aged 31) Roehampton, England
Playing position	Half-back
Senior career
Years	Team
1906–1909	Cambridge University
1910	Sherborne
National team
Years	Team	Caps
1907–1911	England	9
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Great Britain 1908 London Team competition

Biography

Born in Catford, son of clergyman the Reverend Edward Cecil Robinson and his wife Edith Isabella,^[4] he was educated at Radley College^[3] and Merton College, Oxford, where he was awarded his MA in 1912.^[1] He was on the Oxford University hockey team from 1905 through 1909, eventually becoming captain. He became a teacher, serving as master at Sherborne School and in Broadstairs, Kent.^[5]

He played nine times for England.^[5] After Oxford, he played for Sherborne at club level and Dorset at county level.^[6]

Robinson became a captain in the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1914, and served at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia. He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross.^[1] He died aged 31 at Roehampton, from wounds he had received in action at El Hannah in Mesopotamia.^[1][3][7] He was buried at Great Malvern Cemetery, Worcestershire.^[4]

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I