Here is a link to a February 2013 Oklahoma daily newspaper interview in which Joe talks about his background, where he lives and the company he leads. Photo is from interview.
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The text below is from a sports column which appeared in the 12/16/1965 Hood River News reprinted at the bottom of page D7 in the 7/30/2011 News.
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Mrs. Harvy Robillard came back from the NAIA championship football game convinced that St. John’s University, which whipped Linfield 33-0, was in a class with Oregon or Oregon State. In fact, she wouldn’t be surprised to see the Minnesota team whip either of the two major Oregon schools.
She was lucky enough to get a seat on the local football charter plane that carried the team to Georgia. Her son, Joe, had plenty of chance to show his talents — Linfield spent quite a bit of the game on defense and that’s where the former Hood River star plays.
Robillard made more than his share of the tackles, matching the top performance in that department.
That fateful trip to Georgia wasn’t all a loss to the team members. They received engraved watches recognizing that they reached the finals, and the McMinnville Chamber of Commerce saw to it that each received a jacket.
