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Arthur Robbins
Arthur Robbins
	Robbins in 1944
Personal information
Full name	William Arthur Robbins
Date of birth	4 February 1920
Place of birth	Morwell, Victoria
Date of death	8 November 2010 (aged 90)
Place of death	Moe, Victoria
Original team(s)	Navy / Boolarra
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1944	Collingwood
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Arthur Robbins (4 February 1920 – 8 November 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Robbins enlisted in the Australian Army in July 1940 and served for the remainder of World War II.^[2] Part of his service was in the 1st Naval Bombardment Group on HMAS Shropshire and while serving he played two games for Collingwood in the 1944 VFL season.^[3]

Notes

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 754. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "World War II Roll: ROBBINS, William Arthur". Department of Veterans Affairs.
^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football: league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 440. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.

External links

Arthur Robbins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Profile on Collingwood Forever

[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 754. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "World War II Roll: ROBBINS, William Arthur". Department of Veterans Affairs.

[3] Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football: league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 440. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.

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