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Bill Robinson - The Next Mantle? - Biography 3

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Spring 1967 - Bill Robinson Wins the Dawson Award

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23-year old Robinson impressed his new franchise upon arrival, receiving the 12th annual James P. Dawson Memorial Award from Yankees sportswriters for the outstanding rookie in the 1967 Spring training.

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The Dawson Award is a custom-engraved wrist watch; Robinson's was a slim, avant-garde Longines Olympian in stainless steel. 

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