Bobby Robson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bobby Robson

English association football player and manager

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1933

Place of Birth: County Durham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 31-Jul-2009

Profession: association football manager, association football player, autobiographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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About Bobby Robson

  • Sir Robert William Robson (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English footballer and football manager.
  • His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswich Town F.C. 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 World Cup.
  • His last management role was as a mentor to the manager of the Republic of Ireland national team. Robson was created a Knight Bachelor in 2002, was inducted as a member of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003, and was the honorary president of Ipswich Town F.C.
  • From 1991 onwards, he suffered recurrent medical problems with cancer, and in March 2008, put his name and efforts into the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, a cancer research charity which has so far collected over £12 million (March 2018).
  • In August 2008, his lung cancer was confirmed to be terminal; he said, "My condition is described as static and has not altered since my last bout of chemotherapy...
  • I am going to die sooner rather than later.
  • But then everyone has to go sometime and I have enjoyed every minute." He died just under a year later.

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