Harry Robotham

Horace Osborne Robotham (12 June 1879 – 12 September 1916) was an English professional football right half who played in the Football League for Glossop and Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1] He also played in the Southern League for Fulham, New Brompton and Brentford.[3]

Harry Robotham
Robotham while with Fulham in 1905
Personal information
Full name Horace Osborne Robotham[1]
Date of birth 12 June 1879
Place of birth Heath Town, England
Date of death 12 September 1916(1916-09-12) (aged 37)[2]
Place of death Flers-Courcelette, France
Playing position(s) Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wolverhampton Post Office
Redshaw Albion
1899 Ossett
1899–1901 Hunslet
1901–1902 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 (1)
1903–1905 Fulham 34 (0)
1905–1906 Brentford 18 (0)
1906–1907 Glossop 23 (4)
1907–1908 New Brompton 30 (0)
1908–1909 Wellington Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

On 26 November 1915, in Wolverhampton during the First World War,[4] Robotham enlisted in the 23rd (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.[2] He served his initial time on the Western Front between Hazebrouck and Bailleul in 1916 and later took part in the Battle of the Somme.[2] Robotham was killed on 12 September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette.[2] His body was never recovered and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.[2]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1905–06[3] Southern League First Division 18 0 3 0 21 0
New Brompton 1907–08[5] Southern League First Division 30 0 3 0 33 0
Career total 48 0 6 0 54 0
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References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 250. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "Harry Robotham – Football and the First World War". Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 358. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. "Fulham Players and the First World War – University of Wolverhampton". www.wlv.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. "Gillingham FC Career Details". Retrieved 26 May 2017.


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