John Robins (rugby player), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Robins (rugby player)

Welsh rugby union footballer and coach

Date of Birth: 17-May-1926

Place of Birth: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Feb-2007

Profession: rugby player

Nationality: Wales, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

John Denning Robins (17 May 1926 – 21 February 2007), was a Welsh international rugby union player who attained 11 caps for Wales between 1950 and 1953.
A prop, he toured New Zealand and Australia with the British and Irish Lions in 1950 and became the first Lions coach, on the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand. Robins was born in Cardiff.
He was educated at Llandaff Cathedral School and Wellington School.
He joined the Royal Navy and served in World War II.
He played for England in two wartime Services Internationals.
He trained as a teacher at Loughborough and returned there as a lecturer before taking up the post of Director of Physical Education and Recreation at Sheffield University and subsequently the same position at University College, Cardiff.