First: | RU |
Geoff Robinson | |
Fullname: | Geoffrey Robinson |
Birth Date: | fourth ¼ 1934 |
Birth Place: | Wigton district, England |
Death Date: | 15 December 2011 (aged 77) |
Ru Club1: | Workington RFC |
Ru Year1start: | ≤1952 |
Ru Year1end: | ≤52 |
Club1: | Whitehaven |
Year1end: | 59 |
Club2: | Oldham |
Year2start: | 1959 |
Year2end: | 65 |
Appearances2: | 177 |
Tries2: | 20 |
Points2: | 60 |
Club3: | Warrington |
Year3start: | 1965 |
Year3end: | 66 |
Appearances3: | 34+2 |
Tries3: | 3 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Fieldgoals3: | 0 |
Points3: | 9 |
Ru Yearastart: | ≤1958 |
Ru Yearaend: | ≥58 |
Teama: | Cumberland |
Yearastart: | ≤1958 |
Yearaend: | ≥58 |
New: | yes |
Retired: | yes |
Updated: | 12 June 2012 |
Geoffrey Robinson (December 1934[1] – 15 December 2011) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Cumberland & Westmorland, and at club level for Workington RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Cumberland, and at club level for Whitehaven and Oldham and Warrington, as a .[2]
Geoffrey Robinson's birth was registered in Wigton district, Cumberland, England, and he died aged 77.
Geoff Robinson represented Cumberland & Westmorland (RU) while at Workington RFC, and represented Cumberland (RL) while at Whitehaven.
Geoff Robinson played at in Warrington's 16–5 victory over Rochdale Hornets in the 1965 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1965–66 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Friday 29 October 1965.
Geoff Robinson played in Whitehaven's 14–11 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Saturday 20 October 1956, in front of a crowd of 10,917.[3]
Geoff Robinson played in Whitehaven's defeat by Leeds in the 1957 Challenge Cup semi-final during the 1956–57 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford,[4] he was transferred from Whitehaven to Oldham in 1959 for £9,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £532,700 in 2014).[5]
Geoff Robinson is a Whitehaven Hall of Fame Inductee.