Billy Robinson

William Alfred Robinson (18 September 1938 – 27 February 2014) was an English professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and coach. Robinson was one of the leading practitioners of catch wrestling, a national champion in freestyle wrestling, and a professional wrestling world champion. As a wrestler, Robinson had a successful career in Britain and internationally, especially in Japan. He was known for training professional wrestlers and mixed martial artists in the catch wrestling style, including Josh Barnett, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kiyoshi Tamura, and Shayna Baszler. His favourite saying as a coach was "do it again", which came from his trainer Billy Riley. Robinson acted in several movies including The Wrestler and inspired the fictional manga/anime character Robin Mask.

Billy Robinson
Robinson in 1976.
Birth nameWilliam Alfred Robinson
Born(1938-09-18)18 September 1938
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died27 February 2014(2014-02-27) (aged 75)
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Billy Robinson
Billed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Billed weight240 lb (110 kg; 17 st)
Trained byBilly Riley
Billy Joyce
Debut1958
RetiredMay 8, 1992
Sports career
Medal record
Freestyle wrestling
British Senior Championships
1957Light heavyweight
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