Earl Robinson (baseball)
American baseball player
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| Intro | American baseball player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Athlete Baseball player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 3 November 1936, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 4 July 2014Fountain Valley, Orange County, California, U.S.A. (aged 77 years) |
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Earl John Robinson (November 3, 1936 – July 4, 2014) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1958 to 1964 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles. He attended college at the University of California, Berkeley, where he played both baseball and basketball, helping Cal to three straight conference titles in basketball from 1956 to 1958.
Robinson was inducted to the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988. He was inducted into the Pac-10 Basketball Hall of Honor in 2010. Robinson died July 4, 2014 after suffering from congestive heart failure and two heart attacks.
During his years with the Baltimore Orioles, Robinson lived with his wife and two daughters in Castro Valley, California.