Keith Jobling

{{Short description|English footballer (1934–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{infobox football biography

| name = Keith Jobling

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Keith Reginald Jobling

| height =

| position = Centre half

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|3|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Scunthorpe, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|20|1934|3|26|df=y}}

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = New Waltham

| years1 = 1953–1969

| clubs1 = Grimsby Town

| caps1 = 450

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 1969–1972

| clubs2 = Boston United

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| manageryears1 = 1972–1975

| managerclubs1 = Boston United

}}

Keith Jobling (26 March 1934 – 20 September 2020) was an English professional footballer who made 450 appearances in the Football League as a centre half for Grimsby Town.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/grimsby/grimsby.html |title=Grimsby Town : 1946/47 – 2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=15 September 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/rollcall.html |title=Boston United Roll Call |work=Boston United FC |publisher=Ken Fox |accessdate=15 September 2009}} Until overtaken by John McDermott in 2000, Jobling was Grimsby Town's appearance record-holder.{{cite web |url=http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10417~1073423,00.html |title=Legends |date=7 April 2009 |accessdate=15 September 2009 |publisher=Grimsby Town F.C |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417134406/http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10417~1073423,00.html |archivedate=17 April 2010 |df=dmy-all }} After leaving Grimsby he joined Boston United, first as a player and then as successor to Jim Smith as manager.

Jobling died on 20 September 2020, at the age of 86.{{cite web|title=R.I.P. Keith Jobling |url=https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2020/september/r.i.p.-keith-jobling/|website=Grimsby Town F.C.|date=21 September 2020}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}