Robin Stubbs
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robin Gregory Stubbs | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Quinton, Birmingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1956–1958 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1963 | Birmingham City | 61 | (17) |
| 1963–1969 | Torquay United | 217 | (120) |
| 1969–1972 | Bristol Rovers | 93 | (32) |
| 1972–1974 | Torquay United | 21 | (1) |
| Total | 392 | (170) | |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Robin Gregory Stubbs (born 22 April 1941) is an English former professional footballer, born in Quinton, Birmingham, who played as a centre forward.[1] He made nearly 400 appearances and scored 170 goals in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Torquay United (in two separate spells) and Bristol Rovers.[2]
While with Birmingham, Stubbs played in the early rounds of their 1958–60 and 1960–61 campaigns in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, but not in either final.[3] At the age of 22 he joined Torquay for what was then their club record fee of £6,000.[4] Over the following six seasons he scored at a rate of better than a goal every two games,[2] and was the Torquay fans' choice in the 2007 PFA Fans' Favourites poll.[5]
Stubbs was formerly married to Anthea Redfern, who went on to marry Bruce Forsyth and assist him on the BBC game-show The Generation Game.[1][6]
References
- 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- 1 2 "Robin Stubbs". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Matthews. pp. 241–42. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "The History Of Torquay United". Torquay United F.C. 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008.
- ↑ Smith, Martin (19 December 2007). "Best footballers: Shearer a hero on two fronts". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 June 2008.
- ↑ "STARPROFILE Anthea Redfern". Glasgow Evening Times. 26 July 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2009 – via Highbeam Research. (subscription required (help)).