Personal Life
He is of Scottish and Jamaican heritage. His father William Thorpe, a Jamaican living in Leeds, left his mother before Robinson's birth. Robinson and his older brother and sister were rasied by his mother and a step father. In 2003, he was reunited with his natural father again through his brother and sister.
Robinson himself is a father to six children. Maried to Amanda, the couple live on a farm in the Ribble Valley with their five children. In 2012, his 18 year old eldest son Lewis Tierney who plays as a full back signed a two year deal with Wigan Warriors.
Robinson is nicknamed 'Billy Whizz' after a character in the British comic The Beano, who is extremely fast. He is a recovering alcoholic who became a Christian partly due to the influence of ex-Wigan Warriors team-mate Va'aiga Tuigamala.
Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.
After the 2003 Rugby World Cup, Robinson wrote an autobiography entitled Finding My Feet: My Autobiography published by Coronet Books. In it, he wrote about how he overcame issues from his childhood and bouts of drinking when he found success as a rugby league star. In 2005, a biography, The Real Jason Robinson, written with Robinson's full co-operation by Dave Swanton, was published by Empire Publications.
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