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]
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]
| 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 | ||
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