William L. "Bobby" Robinson (October 25, 1903 - May 17, 2002) was an American Negro league baseball player. He was known as the "Human Vacuum Cleaner" because of his fielding ability at third base. Robinson started with the semi-pro Mobile Tigers with fellow Negro league players Satchel Paige and Ted Radcliffe. He moved on to the Pensacola Giants where he was discovered by the Indianapolis ABC's in 1925. He went on to play for the Birmingham Black Barons, the Chicago American Giants, the Memphis Red Sox, and the Detroit Stars over the next eight years. Robinson retired from baseball in 1942. He died on May 17, 2002. References External links and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads William Robinson at Negro Leagues Baseball Museum 1903 births 2002 deaths Birmingham Black Barons players Detroit Stars players Indianapolis ABCs players Memphis Red Sox players Indianapolis ABCs (1938) players St. Louis Stars (1939) players New Orleans–St. Louis Stars players Nashville Elite Giants players Sportspeople from Mobile, Alabama Baseball players from Alabama 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people