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