Robert Bainbridge (footballer)

{{Short description|English footballer (1931–2021)}}

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| fullname = Robert Esmond Bainbridge{{cite book | editor-last = Hugman | editor-first = Barry J. | title = The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 | year = 2005 | publisher = Queen Anne Press | location = Harpenden | isbn = 978-1-85291-665-7 | page = 36 }}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|2|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = York, Yorkshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|16|1931|2|22|df=y}}

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}{{cite book | first1 = Martin | last1 = Jarred | first2 = Dave | last2 = Windross | title = Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997 | year = 1997 | publisher = Citizen Publications | location = Selby | isbn = 978-0-9531005-0-7 | page = 8 }}

| position = Striker

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| youthclubs1 = Cliftonville

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| clubs1 = Terrys

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| years2 = 1954–1956

| clubs2 = York City

| caps2 = 4

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| clubs3 = Frickley Colliery

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| clubs4 = Denaby United

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| clubs5 = Selby Town

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| totalcaps = 4

| totalgoals = 0

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Robert Esmond Bainbridge (22 February 1931 – 16 October 2021), also known as Bobby Bainbridge, was an English professional footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for York City, in non-League football for Cliftonville, Terrys, Frickley Colliery, Denaby United and Selby Town.

Bainbridge died on 16 October 2021, at the age of 90.{{cite web|title=Robert Esmond Bainbridge |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/19699303.Robert_Esmond_BAINBRIDGE/|website=York Press|access-date=13 November 2021|date=6 November 2021}}