Bill Robertson (soccer player, 1928)
| Bill Robertson | ||
.png) Bill Robertson in 1955
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | William Gibb Robertson | |
| birthday | November 13, 1928 | |
| place of birth | Glasgow , Scotland | |
| date of death | June 26, 1973 | |
| Place of death | Sutton , England | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Arthurlie | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1946-1960 | Chelsea FC | 199 (0) |
| 1960-1963 | Leyton Orient | 47 (0) |
| from 1963 | Dover FC | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
William Gibb "Bill" Robertson (born November 13, 1928 in Glasgow , † June 26, 1973 in Sutton ) was a Scottish football goalkeeper . He won the English championship with Chelsea in 1955 and played 27 league games.
Athletic career
Robertson began his professional career with Chelsea FC after the end of World War II . There he had to wait almost five years for his debut in the first team and with the first four appearances from the end of April 1951 he contributed to the fact that the "Blues" saved themselves with four wins to close relegation in the English first division. In the following season 1951/52 Robertson stood in 50 competitive games between the posts and was part of the team that reached the semi-finals in the FA Cup . In the following years he remained a constant in the team, which developed into a top club under the new coach Ted Drake . In the 1954/55 championship season he played a total of 26 league games before he was replaced by Charlie Thomson from January 1955 . It then remained "number 1" for almost two years before it slipped into the second link in the spring of 1957. Two more years later, after a total of 215 Chelsea appearances, Robertson moved to Leyton Orient in September 1960 for a transfer fee of £ 1,000 within London , at a time when Peter Bonetti marked the beginning of a new goalkeeping era at Chelsea.
At the end of his professional career, Robertson was at Leyton Orient part of the team that rose to the first division in 1962 and returned to the second division the following year as bottom of the table . He died very early in June 1973 at the age of only 44.
Title / Awards
- English Championship (1): 1955
- Charity Shield (1): 1955
Web links
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League AZ Player's Database
- Profile on barryhugmansfootballers.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bill Robertson (stamford-bridge.com)
- ↑ Champions of a different era (BBC Sport)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Robertson, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robertson, William Gibb |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish football goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1973 |
| Place of death | Sutton |