Harry Robotham

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]

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

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.


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