Robin Stubbs

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Robin Stubbs
Personal information
Full name Robin Gregory Stubbs
Date of birth (1941-04-22) 22 April 1941 (age 82)
Place of birth Quinton, Birmingham, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
1956–1958 Birmingham City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1958–1963 Birmingham City 61 (17)
1963–1969 Torquay United 217 (120)
1969–1972 Bristol Rovers 93 (32)
1972–1974 Torquay United 21 (1)
Total392(170)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Robin Stubbs". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. Matthews, pp. 241–242.
  4. "The History Of Torquay United". Torquay United F.C. 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008.
  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. "STARPROFILE Anthea Redfern" . Glasgow Evening Times. 26 July 2000. p. 23. Retrieved 6 November 2023 via Gale OneFile: News.
  7. "Robin Stubbs Appointed Honorary Life President of TUAFC". Torquay United F.C. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2023.