He advanced to the finals in the men's 400 metres race at the 1908 Summer Olympics. In the first running of the race, Robbins finished in front. However, teammate John Carpenter was disqualified after wilfully obstructing British runner Wyndham Halswelle and the race was ordered to be repeated without Carpenter. Robbins and fellow American John Taylor declined to compete in the second final in protest of Carpenter's disqualification. The fifth modern Olympic games, originally scheduled to be held in Rome, were instead held in 1908 in London, England. ... John Carpenter was an American athlete. ... Wyndham Halswelle (May 30, 1882 – March 31, 1915) was a Scottish athlete, winner of the controversial 400 m run at the 1908 Summer Olympics. ... For other people of the same name, see John Taylor. ...
WilliamRobbins (deceased), the subject of this sketch, was born in Kentucky in 1784.
Robbins settled permanently in Jefferson County, or what was afterward so named, making his home with his uncle, Mason Watts, who had built a log cabin two miles north of the present site of Canaan.
Robbins was a great hunter, and kept his family fully supplied with meat by the use of his gun.
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