Harry Robotham

Harry Robotham

Robotham while with Fulham in 1905
Personal information
Full name	Horace Osborne Robotham[1]
Date of birth	(1879-06-12)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
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Personal life

On 26 November 1915, in Wolverhampton during the First World War,[4] Robotham enlisted in the 2nd Football 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
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1901–02[5]	First Division	6	1	0	0	6	1
	1902–03[6]		1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		7	1	0	0	7	1
Brentford	1905–06[3]	Southern League First Division	18	0	3	0	21	0
New Brompton	1907–08[7]	Southern League First Division	30	0	3	0	33	0
Career total			55	1	6	0	61	1

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 250. ISBN 978-1905891610.
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. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
5. "Appearances & Scorers 1901/02". Wolverhampton Wanderers. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
6. "Appearances & Scorers 1902/03". Wolverhampton Wanderers. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
7. "Harry Robotham". Gillingham FC Scrapbook. Retrieved 26 May 2017.