Robin Stubbs

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]

Robin Stubbs
Personal information
Full name Robin Gregory Stubbs
Date of birth (1941-04-22) 22 April 1941
Place of birth Quinton, Birmingham, England
Playing position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
1956–1958 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
Total 392 (170)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

On 6 January 2020 Torquay United announced that Stubbs had been appointed to the board as an Honorary Life President of the club.

References
  1. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  2. "Robin Stubbs". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. Matthews. pp. 241–42. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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. Retrieved 25 December 2009 – via Highbeam Research.


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