# Stuart Robbins

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{{Short description|Welsh basketball player (1976–2010)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name        = Stuart Robbins
| position    = [Centre](/source/Center_(basketball))
| height      = {{height|ft=6|in=11}}
| nationality = [Welsh](/source/United_Kingdom)
| high school = King's Academy
| college     = [Saint Joseph's University](/source/Saint_Joseph's_University)
| years1      = ?
| team1       = [Saint Joseph's Hawks](/source/Saint_Joseph's_Hawks_men's_basketball)
| years2      = ?
| team2       = [Thames Valley Tigers](/source/Thames_Valley_Tigers)
| years3      = ?
| team3       = [London Towers](/source/London_Towers)
| years4      = ?
| team4       = [Bree BBC](/source/Bree_BBC)
| years5      = ?
| team5       = [Kaiserslautern](/source/Kaiserslautern)
| years6      = basketball
| team6       = [FC Bayern Munich](/source/FC_Bayern_Munich)
| years7      = ?
| team7       = [UL Eagles](/source/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](/source/basketball) player from [Neath](/source/Neath) in [South Wales](/source/South_Wales), who played at [centre](/source/center_(basketball)) for the [London Towers](/source/London_Towers) and [Thames Valley](/source/Thames_Valley) in the [British Basketball League](/source/British_Basketball_League) and professionally in Germany, Belgium and in [Limerick](/source/Limerick), Ireland. He had also played [college basketball](/source/college_basketball) at [Saint Joseph's University](/source/Saint_Joseph's_University) in [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), United States. In Limerick, he served as assistant coach as well as centre for the city's [Superleague](/source/Superleague_(Ireland)) team [UL Eagles](/source/UL_Eagles).<ref>[Western Mail](/source/Western_Mail_(Wales)), 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](/source/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](/source/Galway) on 12 April 2010.<ref name="bbc">[BBC Sport](/source/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](/source/rebound_(basketball))<ref name="bbc"/> and was considered one of the outstanding players of that season.<ref name="irish_times">[Irish Times](/source/Irish_Times), April 13, 2010, [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0413/1224268225863.html Irish basketball mourns death of Robbins]</ref>

==References==
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Category:1976 births
Category:2010 deaths
Category:Welsh men's basketball players
Category:Welsh expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Category:Welsh expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Welsh expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
Category:Welsh expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Centers (basketball)
Category:Bree B.B.C. players
Category:British expatriate basketball people in Germany
Category:British expatriate basketball people in the United States
Category:London Towers players
Category:Sportspeople from Neath
Category:Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball players
Category:FC Bayern Munich basketball players
Category:British expatriate basketball people in Belgium
Category:British expatriate basketball people in Ireland

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