Harry Robotham
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Horace Osborne Robotham[1] | ||
| Date of birth | July 1879 | ||
| Place of birth | Heath Town, England | ||
| Date of death | 12 September 1916 (aged 37)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Somme, France | ||
| Playing position | 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 | 21 | |
| 1906–1907 | Glossop | 23 | (4) |
| 1907–1908 | New Brompton | 33 | (0) |
| 1908–1909 | Wellington Town | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) | |||
Harry Robotham was a 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.
Personal life
During the First World War on 26 November 1915, Robotham enlisted in the 23rd (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment (better known as the 2nd Footballers’ Battalion).[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]