Date of birth 1888 Playing position Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | Name Arthur Robins | |
Date of death 12 March 1924(1924-03-12) (aged 35) | ||
Place of death Pontefract, England Place of birth Northampton, England | ||
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Arthur Robins (1888 – 12 March 1924) was an English footballer who played as an Outside right for Sheffield United in the Football League.
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Career
Born in Northampton Robins begun his career at Raunds St Peters before transferring to The Blades in 1910. He was a regular for the reserves whilst at Bramall Lane but failed to make the breakthrough into the first team, making only a handful of appearances.
After being released by United he moved to Castleford Town, becoming player manager from 1911. With the outset of World War I and with Castleford dissolved for the duration he made a number of wartime guest appearances back at Sheffield United as well as appearing for Goole Town and Luton Town.
Following the war he returned to the re-formed Castleford Town in 1919 where he played a further season as player manager before retiring from playing in 1920 to remain as manager until his death in 1924.