Robin Stubbs

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Robin Stubbs
Personal information
Full name Robin Gregory Stubbs
Date of birth 22 April 1941(1941-04-22)
Place of birth    Birmingham, England
Playing position Centre forward
Youth clubs
1956–1958 Birmingham City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1958–1963
1963–1969
1969–1972
1972–1974		 Birmingham City
Torquay United
Bristol Rovers
Torquay United		 061 0(17)
217 (120)
093 0(32)
021 00(1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Robin Gregory Stubbs (born 22 April 1941) is a former English 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,[2] Torquay United (in two separate spells),[3] and Bristol Rovers.[4]

While with Birmingham, Stubbs played in the early rounds of their 1960 and 1961 campaigns in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, but not in either final.[5] At the age of 22 he joined Torquay for what was then their club record fee of £6,000.[6] Over the following six seasons he scored at a rate of better than a goal every two games,[3] and was the Torquay fans' choice in the 2007 PFA Fans' Favourites poll.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, p. 127. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 
  2. ^ Birmingham City : 1946/47 - 2006/07. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  3. ^ a b Torquay United : 1946/47 - 2006/07. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  4. ^ Bristol Rovers : 1946/47 - 2006/07. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  5. ^ Matthews, p. 241–42.
  6. ^ The History Of Torquay United. Torquay United F.C. (2008-04-01). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  7. ^ Smith, Martin. "Best footballers: Shearer a hero on two fronts", The Daily Telegraph, 2007-12-19. Retrieved on 2008-04-14. 
Persondata
NAME Stubbs, Robin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stubbs, Robin Gregory
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1941-04-22
PLACE OF BIRTH Quinton, Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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