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Bobby Robson

1933 - 2009

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Robson is the 202nd most popular soccer player (down from 164th in 2019), the 885th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 648th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Soccer Player.

Bobby Robson is most famous for being the manager of the England national football team for 8 years. He was also manager of Ipswich Town, Fulham, and Newcastle United.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bobby Robson ranks 202 out of 21,273. Before him are Paulino Alcántara, Iker Casillas, Gunnar Gren, Carles Rexach, Helmut Schön, and Grzegorz Lato. After him are Javier Zanetti, Yoshimatsu Oyama, Helmut Rahn, Akira Kitaguchi, Hirokazu Ninomiya, and Takeshi Inoue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Bobby Robson ranks 70. Before him are Than Shwe, Ahmad al-Khatib, Philip Zimbardo, William Luther Pierce, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, and Mathieu Kérékou. After him are David McCallum, Willie Nelson, Cormac McCarthy, Godfried Danneels, Richard S. Castellano, and Peter Mansfield. Among people deceased in 2009, Bobby Robson ranks 35. Before him are Velupillai Prabhakaran, Vivian Maier, Ted Kennedy, Takashi Takabayashi, Maurice Druon, and Tomohiko Ikoma. After him are Jennifer Jones, John Updike, Gaafar Nimeiry, Leszek Kołakowski, Norman Borlaug, and Natasha Richardson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bobby Robson ranks 885 out of 8,785. Before him are Rex Harrison (1908), Chris Rea (1951), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), James Macpherson (1736), Percy Fawcett (1867), and Robbie Williams (1974). After him are David McCallum (1933), Samuel Butler (1612), Eugen d'Albert (1864), John Henry Newman (1801), Kathleen Ferrier (1912), and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Bobby Robson ranks 14. Before him are George Graham (1944), Gordon Banks (1937), Tony Adams (1966), Colin Bell (1946), Andy Cole (1971), and Denis Law (1940). After him are Graham Taylor (1944), Kenny Dalglish (1951), Kevin Keegan (1951), David James (1970), Harry Kane (1993), and Peter Shilton (1949).

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