{{Short description|Welsh basketball player (1976–2010)}} {{Cleanup reorganize|date=May 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Stuart Robbins | position = Centre | height = {{height|ft=6|in=11}} | nationality = Welsh | high school = King's Academy | college = Saint Joseph's University | years1 = ? | team1 = Saint Joseph's Hawks | years2 = ? | team2 = Thames Valley Tigers | years3 = ? | team3 = London Towers | years4 = ? | team4 = Bree BBC | years5 = ? | team5 = Kaiserslautern | years6 = basketball | team6 = FC Bayern Munich | years7 = ? | team7 = UL Eagles | birth_date = {{birth date|1976|11|2|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|4|12|1976|11|2|df=y}} }} '''Stuart Robbins''' (2 November 1976 – 12 April 2010) was a Welsh basketball player from Neath in South Wales, who played at centre for the London Towers and Thames Valley in the British Basketball League and professionally in Germany, Belgium and in Limerick, Ireland. He had also played college basketball at Saint Joseph's University in Pennsylvania, United States. In Limerick, he served as assistant coach as well as centre for the city's Superleague team UL Eagles.<ref>Western Mail, April 16, 2010, [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/04/16/basketball-star-stuart-robbins-found-dead-in-hotel-room-91466-26253967/ Basketball star Stuart Robbins found dead in hotel room]</ref> UL Eagles point guard Matt Hall, also Welsh, was a close friend.<ref name="irish_times"/>
==Death== Stuart Robbins died in his sleep at the age of 33; he was found dead in his hotel room in Galway on 12 April 2010.<ref name="bbc">BBC Sport, April 13, 2010, [https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/basketball/8617675.stm Wales international centre Stuart Robbins dies at 33]</ref> He had just completed his debut season with UL Eagles, where he led his team in scoring and rebounding<ref name="bbc"/> and was considered one of the outstanding players of that season.<ref name="irish_times">Irish Times, April 13, 2010, [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0413/1224268225863.html Irish basketball mourns death of Robbins]</ref>
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