Darrell D. "Pinky" Robison (1932-2002) was born in Reno, Nevada to Ruth Moore and Donald A. Robison. Darrell lived in Peoria, Illinois and then moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 12, where he fell in love with skiing. He attended high school in Exeter, New Hampshire, then graduated from East High School, and then continued his education at the University of Utah, where he became a member of the ski team.
During Robison's ski career, he won the Harriman Cup downhill at Sun Valley in 1951, the Snow Cup at Alta in 1953, and the slalom in the Pan American Games in Bariloche, Argentina in 1954. In 1951, Robison qualified to ski for the United States during the the Winter Olympic Games held in Oslo, Norway. This was the pinnacle of his career when, as a U.S. Olympian, he finished 22nd.
The Darrell D. Robison papers (1947-2002) contain correspondence, a photocopied scrapbook, news articles, race results and ski publications following his skiing career. Included are materials pertaining to the 1952 Olympic Winter Games held in Oslo, Norway, where Robison competed.
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Gift of Darrell Robison in 1997.
Gift of Mary Robison Bennett in 2015.
Processed by Pete Goodro in 2002.
Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2024.
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0407).
Forms part of the Ski and Snow Sports Archives (S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archives).
Robinson starred in this movie.
The donor allowed the archive to photocopy the original scrapbook which was then returned.
This magazine features a photograph of Robison skiing on the cover and includes an article about the movie "Ski Crazy."
This is a signed copied by the author to Robison, who is mentioned in the book.
Robison was a member of the United States Winter Olympic team and competed in downhill-slalom. He is mentioned in this book.