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Bob Appleby
Personal information
Full name Robert Appleby[1]
Date of birth (1940-01-15)15 January 1940
Place of birth Warkworth, England
Date of death 25 April 2024(2024-04-25) (aged 84)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Amble Welfare
1957–1960 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1967 Middlesbrough 99 (0)
Hereford United
Carlisle United
Total 99+ (0+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Appleby (15 January 1940 – 25 April 2024) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

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Born in Warkworth,[2] Appleby moved from Amble Welfare to Middlesbrough aged 17, initially playing with their Reserves before making his first-team debut in April 1960.[3] He was a first-team regular for two seasons, and made nearly 100 appearances before moving to Hereford United in 1967.[3] He also played for Carlisle United.[4]

Appleby was known for making bird noises during games,[3] and for having a shotgun in his van, which he once used to shoot pigeons over the training pitch.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Bob Appleby". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. ^ Bob Appleby at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. ^ a b c FC, Middlesbrough (25 April 2024). "Rest In Peace, Bob Appleby". Middlesbrough FC.
  4. ^ Bob Appleby at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  5. ^ Live, Teesside (9 August 2007). ""Of the games I played for Middlesbrough, it is the first game of the season when we put nine past Brighton in the 1958–59 season. Cloughie got five, I got two and Bill Harris got the other two."". Teesside Live.