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Bobby Robson
Sir Robert William Robson 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.
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sports · English footballer and manager (1933–2009) · association football player · autobiographer · association football coach · also Bobby Robson, Robert William Robson, Robson
Born 18 February 1933 · Died 31 July 2009 · Q189587
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2026· 7 entries
“We were very touched by the proposal and now the timing feels right.”
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“Come up to the house. Where are you?”
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“s rousing speeches to the England players, and the time the manager had to chase Gascoigne round a golf course on a buggy to tell him”
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“Not a day goes by when I do not think about the semi-final against Germany and other choices I might have made”
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“In all my time as a footballer, I didn”
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Public attention spiked: 7,502 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.2× the usual 1,205, with 1 article edits.
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2018· 1 entry
Bobby Robson: More Than A Manager, a feature-length British film about Robson's career and cancer diagnosis, was released to critical acclaim
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2010· 1 entry
Steve Gibson, Mick Mills and Niall Quinn
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2009· 5 entries
Died 2009-07-31.
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Won award: UEFA Order of Merit (2009).
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Won award: Ipswich Town Hall of Fame (2009).
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Won award: FIFA Fair Play Award (2009).
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Won award: FIFA Order of Merit (2009).
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2007· 4 entries
Won award: BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award (2007).
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Robson revealed on 7 May 2007 he had been diagnosed with cancer for the fifth time.
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Consisting of cancerous nodules in both lungs, was diagnosed as terminal in February 2007, and as of December 2008, was being controlled through bouts of chemotherapy
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But this was prevented by his ill-health
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2006· 2 entries
Won award: FAI International Football Awards – International Personality (2006).
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On 17 October 2006, it was revealed that Robson had been given the all-clear and was set to see out his contract as consultant to the Irish team.
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2005· 2 entries
Received a lifetime achievement award from the Sports Coach UK Awards, and was also awarded the Eircom International Personality of the Year in 2006
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Robson was made an Honorary Freeman of Newcastle, which, in his autobiography, he described as being "the proudest moment of my life"
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2003· 5 entries
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (January 2003).
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Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (October 2003).
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Won award: PFA Merit Award (2003).
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Won award: English Football Hall of Fame Inductee (2003).
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In recognition of his impact as a manager
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2002· 6 entries
Won award: UEFA President's Award (2002).
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Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (February 2002).
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Won award: LMA Special Merit Award (2002).
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(during his time as Newcastle manager), the 69-year-old Robson was awarded the freedom of Newcastle upon Tyne and the UEFA President's Award for "services to football"
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In recognition of his achievements with the club, a life-size statue of Robson was unveiled opposite the Cobbold Stand of Ipswich Town's ground, Portman Road
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Was inducted as a member of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003, and was the honorary president of Ipswich Town
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2001· 3 entries
Won: UEFA Intertoto Cup with Newcastle United (2001).
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Won award: BSWA Pat Besford Trophy (2001).
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Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (December 2001).
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2000· 2 entries
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (February 2000).
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Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (August 2000).
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1998· 1 entry
Won: Johan Cruyff Shield with PSV Eindhoven (1998).
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1997· 3 entries
Won award: European Manager of the Year (1996–97).
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Won: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona (1996–97).
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Won: Copa del Rey with Barcelona (1996–97).
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1996· 2 entries
Won: Supercopa de España with Barcelona (1996).
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Won: Primeira Divisão with Porto (1995–96).
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1995· 2 entries
Won: Primeira Divisão with Porto (1994–95).
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This, on occasion, affected his work; while at Porto, for example, Robson had melanoma, which resulted in his missing the first few months of the 1995–96 season.
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1994· 2 entries
Won: Taça de Portugal with Porto (1993–94).
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Won: Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira with Porto (1994).
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1992· 3 entries
Won: Eredivisie with PSV Eindhoven (1991–92).
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Won award: FWA Tribute Award (1992).
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A melanoma in 1995, as well as a tumour in his right lung and a brain tumour, both in 2006
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1991· 2 entries
Won: Eredivisie with PSV Eindhoven (1990–91).
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After 1991, Robson was repeatedly diagnosed with cancer.
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1990· 2 entries
Won: FIFA World Cup with England (1990).
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At the end of his eight-year reign as England manager, he was appointed a CBE in 1991 and in 2002, he was knighted; both awards were for services to football
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1989· 1 entry
Won: Rous Cup with England (1989).
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1988· 1 entry
Won: Rous Cup with England (1988).
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1986· 1 entry
Won: Rous Cup with England (1986).
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1983· 1 entry
Won: British Home Championship with England (1982–83).
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1981· 3 entries
Won: UEFA Cup with Ipswich Town (1980–81).
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“We played with two strikers, no wingers, Eric Gates sitting off the front two, two semi-wide midfield players in Arnold Muhren and Frans Thijssen and Johnny Wark sitting in the holding role”
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With a 5–4 aggregate victory over Dutch side AZ 67 Alkmaar
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1978· 2 entries
Won award: Rothman's Golden Boot Awards (1978).
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Won: FA Cup with Ipswich Town (1977–78).
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1973· 1 entry
Won: Texaco Cup with Ipswich Town (1972–73).
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1969· 1 entry
And it was there that he established his reputation as a successful manager, supported by the club chairman John Cobbold and then later by his brother Patrick Cobbold
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1967· 2 entries
And accepted a three-year deal with Canada's Vancouver Royals
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Played for Vancouver Royals (1967–1968) — 0 appearances, 0 goals.
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1962· 1 entry
Played for Fulham F.C. (1962–1967) — 192 appearances, 9 goals.
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1961· 1 entry
Won: British Home Championship with England (1960–61).
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1960· 1 entry
Won: British Home Championship with England (1959–60).
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1959· 2 entries
Won: British Home Championship with England (1958–59).
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The then England manager and the Football Association (FA) director of coaching, Walter Winterbottom, suggested to Robson that he take a coaching course at Lilleshall
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1958· 1 entry
Won: British Home Championship with England (1957–58).
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1957· 1 entry
Played for England men's national association football team (1957–1962) — 20 appearances, 4 goals.
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1956· 2 entries
It was also at West Brom when Robson met future England international and assistant coach Don Howe
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Played for West Bromwich Albion F.C. (1956–1962) — 239 appearances, 56 goals.
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1955· 1 entry
They were married on 25 June 1955 with Fulham teammate Tom Wilson as Robson's best man.
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1950· 2 entries
Robson made his first-team debut for Fulham, recently promoted to the First Division, in a match against Sheffield Wednesday
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Played for Fulham F.C. (1950–1956) — 152 appearances, 68 goals.
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1933· 1 entry
Born 1933-02-18.
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