George Robb

George Robb

George Robb (born June 1 1926 Finsbury Park, London) is a former footballer who played outside left for Tottenham Hotspur and England. He represented Great Britain at the 1952 Olympic Games. He also had a career as a schoolteacher.

Career

George Robb joined Wingate F.C. straight from Holloway Grammar School at the age of sixteen and played for the team first in 1943. Whilst still an amateur he started playing for Spurs in 1951 but continued to hold his place in the Wingate side. [cite news|url=http://www.wingatefinchley.com/history.html| title=George Robb on the Wingate and Finchley FC site]

During his time as an amateur he represented England earning seventeen amateur caps and also played for the Great Britain football team at the 1952 Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. He scored a goal in the one game the team played when they lost to Luxembourg 3 - 5. [cite news|url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/athletebio.aspx?at=4131| title=George Robb on the British Olympic Association site]

George retained his amateur status until 1953 when despite earlier interest from Italian club Padua he was persuaded to sign as a professional for Spurs. During his time at Spurs between 1951 and 1958 he played 200 games and scored 58 goals. [cite news|url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html| title=George Robb on the THFC site]

He made one appearance as a professional at International level for England. This was on November 25 1953 against Hungary. This was the landmark game in which England lost 3 – 6. [cite news|url=http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=807| title=George Robb on the Englnd Stats site]

George Robb was forced by injury to retire from playing professionally in 1958. [cite news|url=http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/a/aird_uig/index9.html| title=George Robb on the Subbrit site]

After retirement he took up teaching full time at Ardingly College near Haywards Heath, West Sussex. [cite news|url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/athletebio.aspx?at=4131| title=George Robb on the British Olympic Association site]

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