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Bobby Robson
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English association football player and manager (1933-2009)
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Robert William Robson, also known as Bobby Robson, was a British association football player and coach. Born in Sacriston, County Durham, England, in 1933, he played as a forward for teams including Fulham F.C., West Bromwich Albion F.C., Vancouver Royals, and the England men's national association football team. He participated in the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups and UEFA Euro 1988.
Robson later worked as an association football coach and autobiographer. He received the awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Knight Bachelor. He was also known by the pseudonyms Wor Bobby and Uncle Sir Bob. Robson died of lung cancer in Beamish in 2009.
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Film & TV
Sacriston, County Durham, England
Known for
- The Match — Self (archive footage)2026
- Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager — Self2018
- Gascoigne — Self (archive footage)2015
- Sir Bobby Robson: A Knight to Remember — Self2009
- EK 'Eighty-Eight - Oranje Kampioen! — Himself2004
- Beckham and the Battle with Argentina — Self2003
- Soccer's Hard Men — Self1992
- Going Live! — Self1987
- Match of the Day — Guest1964
- Match of the Day — Analyst1964
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bobby
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Sacriston
- Place of death
- Beamish
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1988
- Field of work
- association football
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Fulham F.C.
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- Bobby Robson Cropped.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- Commons category
- Bobby Robson
- date of birth
- 1933-02-18
- date of death
- 2009-07-31
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Uncle Sir Bob
- birth name
- Robert William Robson
- name in native language
- Bobby Robson
- coach of sports team
- Newcastle United F.C.
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- social media followers
- 28159
- honorific prefix
- Sir
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Robert William Robson (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English football player and coach. His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswich Town.
Robson's professional playing career as an inside forward spanned nearly 20 years, during which he played for three clubs: Fulham, West Bromwich Albion, and, briefly, Vancouver Royals. He also made 20 appearances for England, scoring four goals. After his playing career, he found success as both a club and international manager, winning league championships in both the Netherlands and Portugal, earning trophies in England and Spain, and taking England to the semi-finals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, which remained the national team's best run in a World Cup since 1966 until they reached the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. His last management role was as a mentor to the manager of the Republic of Ireland national team, while his final official club job was at boyhood club Newcastle United, whom he left in 2004. He held several managerial positions outside of England, most notably one year at Barcelona in 1996–97, as well as stints at PSV, Sporting CP and Porto.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bobby Robson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.