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Robin Stubbs

Robin Stubbs

English footballer (born 1941)

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]

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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]

In January 2020 Torquay United announced that the board of directors had appointed Stubbs as an Honorary Life President of the club.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  2. [2]
    "Robin Stubbs". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. [3]
    Matthews, pp. 241–242.
  4. [4]
    "The History Of Torquay United". Torquay United F.C. 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008.
  5. [5]
    Smith, Martin (19 December 2007). "Best footballers: Shearer a hero on two fronts". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 June 2008.
  6. [6]
    "STARPROFILE Anthea Redfern". Glasgow Evening Times. 26 July 2000. p. 23. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via Gale OneFile: News.
  7. [7]
    "Robin Stubbs Appointed Honorary Life President of TUAFC". Torquay United F.C. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2023.


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