Bobby Robinson (footballer)

Bobby Robinson

Personal information
Full name	Robert Sharp Robinson
Date of birth	10 November 1950
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1972	Falkirk	16	(2)
1972–1978	Dundee	149	(16)
1978–1979	Dundee United	30	(0)
1979–1981	Hearts	54	(1)
1981–1983	Raith Rovers	49	(3)
Total		298	(22)
International career
1974	Scotland U23	1	(1)
1974–1975	Scotland	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert (Bobby) Robinson (born 10 November 1950 in Edinburgh, died 24 December 1996) was a Scottish former international footballer who played as a midfielder. Beginning his career with Falkirk, Robinson went on to spend around half his career with Dundee, winning four caps for Scotland during his time at Dens Park. Later playing for city rivals Dundee United, Robinson moved on to Hearts and Raith Rovers, ending his senior career with Raith in 1983. Robinson played just under 300 league matches during his fourteen-year career.

In 1989 he joined Dundee United's reserve team to help develop the team's younger players. After his football career, Robinson was a teacher in Kirriemuir and Brechin. He died after a long illness in 1996 at the age of 46.

External links

• Independent profile
• Bobby Robinson at scottishfa.co.uk