1960s Other sports Bill Robinson (basketball) (1949–2020), Canadian basketball player Bill Robinson (outfielder) (1943–2007), American baseball player and coach Bill Robinson (ice hockey) (1921–2008), Canadian ice hockey centreman Billy Robinson (1938–2014), British professional wrestler and trainer Bobby Robinson (baseball) (William L. Robinson, 1903–2002), American baseball player Will Robinson (basketball) (1911–2008), American college basketball coach William Robinson (cricketer, born 1847) (1847–1929), New Zealand cricketer William Robinson (cricketer, born 1863) (1863–1928), New Zealand cricketer William Robinson (swimmer) (1870–1940), British breaststroke swimmer in the 1908 Summer Olympics William Robinson (boxer) (born 1936), British Olympic boxer Yank Robinson (William H. Robinson, 1859–1894), American baseball player Others William Robinson (architect) (1645–1712), Surveyor General of Ireland from the 1670s until 1700 Sir William Robinson, 2nd Baronet (1705–1785) William Robinson (historian) (1777–1848), solicitor and barrister William Robinson (law reporter) (died 1870), law reporter William Robinson (murder victim) (died 1868), 1860s murder victim in British Columbia, Canada William Stevens Robinson (1818–1876), American journalist William D. Robinson (1826–1890), founder of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers during the American Civil War William Robinson (banker), Governor of the Bank of England, 1847 William Robinson (gardener) (1838–1935), Irish-born gardener and journalist William Robinson (inventor) (1840–1921), American electrical engineer and inventor of the failsafe track circuit for railroad signaling William J. Robinson (1867–1936), American physician, sexologist, and birth control campaigner William Sydney Robinson (1876–1963), Australian businessman, industrialist, and diplomat Billy Robinson (aviator) (1884–1916), American aviator William Leefe Robinson (1895–1918), British aviator Bill Robinson (fashion designer) (died 1993), American fashion designer Bill Robinson (auto designer) (1925–2022), American automobile designer William W. Robinson (1819–1903), Union Army colonel