Bobby Arber

Bobby Arber
Personal information
Full name	Robert Leonard Arber
Date of birth	13 January 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth	Poplar, London, England
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
1968–1969	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1970	Arsenal
1970–1973	Leyton Orient
1973–1974	Southend United
1974–1977	Rangers
1977	Tooting & Mitcham United
1978–1979	Barking
1979–1980	Sacramento Gold
1980–1981	Atlanta Chiefs (indoor)
1980–1981	Atlanta Chiefs
Managerial career
1985–1986	Barking
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated November 16, 2024

Robert Leonard Arber (born 13 January 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a defender.

Arber was born on 13 January 1951 in Poplar, London.^[1] He started his footballing career as a youth player with Arsenal before joining Leyton Orient in March 1968.^[1] He made 28 league appearances for Orient in the 1972-73 season but could not tie down a place in the first team and went to Southend United on loan, and then to play in South Africa.^[1]

After retiring from playing, he worked as a coach at Barking and Woodford Town,^[1] and managed Barking between January 1985 and December 1986.^[2] He later worked as a youth coach at Tottenham Hotspur and a full-time scout at Arsenal.^[1]

Personal life

Arber is the father of former footballer Mark Arber.^[3]

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References

General

Bobby Arber at the English National Football Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 31 October 2013.
NASLJerseys profile. Retrieved 31 October 2013.

Specific

1 2 3 4 5 Kaufman, Neilson N; Ravenhill, Alan E (2002). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. Tempus Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 0752424122.
↑ "Past Managers". The Online Home of the Blues Barking FC. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016.
↑ Sport, Telegraph (6 September 2013). "Arsenal academy coach Mark Arber investigated over alleged bet on Mesut Ozil transfer from Real Madrid". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 10 April 2019.

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[Kaufman02-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Kaufman, Neilson N; Ravenhill, Alan E (2002). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. Tempus Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 0752424122.

[2] "Past Managers". The Online Home of the Blues Barking FC. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016.

[3] Sport, Telegraph (6 September 2013). "Arsenal academy coach Mark Arber investigated over alleged bet on Mesut Ozil transfer from Real Madrid". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 10 April 2019.

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