Bahamian National Hero Thomas Augustus Robinson was one of the premier Bahamian athletes of the twentieth century. On Sunday morning, November 25th, 2012 the great Bahamian died after an illness of stomach cancer.

Robinson, who attended St. John's College in Nassau and the University of Michigan in the United States, was born on March 16th, 1938. He graduated from St. John's College in Nassau in December of 1953 and was employed at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation in January, 1954. He worked at the Customs Department from late 1954 to September 1957.