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Sportswriter Bill Robinson Dead at 78
Posted on: 11/12/2012
By
Mike Cullums
A well-known area sportswriter has passed away. Bill
Robinson died Friday at Heartland of Marietta.
Born in Tennessee in 1933, Bill was a graduate of the
University of Memphis and had a master’s in journalism from the University of
Missouri. He covered sports for the Nashville Banner and the Memphis Commercial
Appeal. He served in the US Army Reserve.
In 1958 Bill Robinson became sports editor of the Marietta
Times, and served in that position for 27 years and as a sports writer there
for more than 50 years. In retirement, he wrote for the now-defunct Marietta Leader
for several more years.
Bill was a good writer.
Graveside services for Bill Robinson will be held Friday at 10:00 a.m. in
his hometown of Milan, Tennessee. Memorial contributions may be made to the
Humane Society of the Ohio Valley, P.O. Box 5, Marietta, Ohio 45750.
He won numerous awards during his career, including the Ohio
Athletic Conference Media Award and Marietta College’s Distinguished Service
Award. He was instrumental in the NCAA scheduling the first Division III
baseball world series in Marietta in 1976, and served on the World Series
committee for several years.
Bill Robinson leaves several special cousins, families and
friends.
Bill was a member of the Church of Christ and loved collie
dogs. He had seven during his lifetime, including Adam, his last.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Hadley Funeral Home.
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