Bobbie Robson

Bobbie Robson (Sir Robert William Robson CBE b.18 February 1933, d.31 July 2009) was an English footballer and football manager. His career included periods playing for First Division teams Fulham and WBA, and later managing the England national team (1982–1990) and he was also a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswich Town (1969–1982). He also coached and managed abroad, namely at PSV Eindhoven (immediately after Italia '90), Porto and Barcelona. He ended his managing career at Newcastle United, a team he often saw play as a young boy with his father.

He was knighted in 2002 and inducted as a member of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003.

Robson died from lung cancer in 2009.

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