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George Robertson (footballer, born 1930)

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Full name
  
George Robertson

Playing position
  
Full back

Place of death
  
Plymouth, England


Place of birth
  
Falkirk, Scotland

Name
  
George Robertson

Date of birth
  
(1930-04-20)20 April 1930

Date of death
  
2003 (aged 72 or 73)

George Robertson (20 April 1930 – 2003) was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender.

Born in Falkirk, Robertson began his career with Junior club Gairdoch Juniors. He signed for Plymouth Argyle after he played in a trial match while based in Salisbury with the RAF. He made his first team debut in 1951 and was a regular in the side for the next decade, initially as a centre back and then as a full back; his favoured position. Towards the end of his career he joined Falmouth Town as player-manager.

He then returned to Plymouth to become a groundsman at Plymouth College, and then as a member of the staff at Home Park. He ran the club's youth hostel, before being appointed as groundsman in the 1980s. In later life, Robertson became a milkman and was the landlord of the Golden Hind pub.

Robertson died in 2003.

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