Bobby Hope

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Bobby Hope
Full name	Robert Hope
Date of birth	28 September 1943 (1943-09-28) (age 64)
Place of birth	Bridge of Allan, Scotland
Playing position	Inside forward (retired)
Youth clubs
1959–1960	West Bromwich Albion
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1960–1972 1972–1976 1975 1976 1976–1979 1977 1978 1979–1983	West Bromwich Albion Birmingham City → Philadelphia Atoms (loan) → Dallas Tornado (loan) Sheffield Wednesday → Dallas Tornado (loan) → Dallas Tornado (loan) Bromsgrove Rovers Total	336 (33) 034 0(5) 020 0(4) 022 0(3) 042 0(7) 018 0(0) 018 0(0) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?)
National team
1968	Scotland	002 0(0)
Teams managed
1983–1988 1988 1989	Bromsgrove Rovers Burton Albion Bromsgrove Rovers
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Robert "Bobby" Hope (born September 28, 1943 in Bridge of Allan, Scotland) is a Scottish former footballer who made more than 400 appearances as a midfielder in the Football League. He played more than 300 league games for West Bromwich Albion where he spent most of his club career. He won two caps for Scotland.

Hope played for West Brom between 1959 and 1972. A cultured, scheming inside-forward, he was the general in the team's midfield throughout the 1960s. Together with Clive Clark on the wing, Hope provided the ammunition for players like Tony Brown and Jeff Astle. Hope enjoyed success during this period, winning the League Cup in 1966 and FA Cup in 1968.

He moved to Birmingham City in 1972, spending time on loan in the NASL with Philadelphia Atoms and Dallas Tornado, and later played for Sheffield Wednesday and Bromsgrove Rovers. He went on to manage Bromsgrove and Burton Albion. He returned to West Brom as a scout in later years.

Hope won only two full caps for Scotland, perhaps due to the abundance of Scottish midfield talent in this period. Since 2000 he has been West Bromwich Albion's chief scout.^[1]