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John Yate Robinson (6 August 1885 — 23 August 1916) was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the English team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
He was educated at Radley College and Merton College, Oxford, where he received an MA. He was on the Oxford University hockey team from 1905 through 1909, eventually captaining it.
He 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.
He died at Roehampton, from wounds he had received in action at El Hannah in Mesopotamia.
References
- Radley College Register 1847-1962, 1965.
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