Robin Stubbs

{{short description|English footballer (born 1941)}}

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

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| name = Robin Stubbs

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| fullname = Robin Gregory Stubbs

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|4|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Quinton, Birmingham, England

| height =

| position = Centre forward

| youthyears1 = 1956–1958 | youthclubs1 = Birmingham City

| years1 = 1958–1963 | clubs1 = Birmingham City | caps1 = 61 | goals1 = 17

| years2 = 1963–1969 | clubs2 = Torquay United | caps2 = 217 | goals2 = 120

| years3 = 1969–1972 | clubs3 = Bristol Rovers | caps3 = 93 | goals3 = 32

| years4 = 1972–1974 | clubs4 = Torquay United | caps4 = 21 | goals4 = 1

| totalcaps = 392 | totalgoals = 170

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Robin Gregory Stubbs (born 22 April 1941) is an English former professional footballer, born in Quinton, Birmingham, who played as a centre forward.{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=127 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}} He made nearly 400 appearances and scored 170 goals in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Torquay United (in two separate spells) and Bristol Rovers.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player8/robinstubbs.html |title=Robin Stubbs |website=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=31 August 2015}}

While with Birmingham, Stubbs played in the early rounds of their 1958–60 and 1960–61 campaigns in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, but not in either final.Matthews, pp. 241–242. At the age of 22 he joined Torquay for what was then their club record fee of £6,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.torquayunited.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10445,00.html |title=The History Of Torquay United |publisher=Torquay United F.C. |date=1 April 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517052517/http://www.torquayunited.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10445%2C00.html |archivedate=17 May 2008 |url-status=dead}} Over the following six seasons he scored at a rate of better than a goal every two games, and was the Torquay fans' choice in the 2007 PFA Fans' Favourites poll.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2328937/Best-footballers-Shearer-a-hero-on-two-fronts.html |title=Best footballers: Shearer a hero on two fronts |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |last=Smith |first=Martin |date=19 December 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624191435/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fsport%2F2007%2F12%2F19%2Fsfnfan119.xml |archivedate=24 June 2008 |url-status=live}}

Stubbs was formerly married to Anthea Redfern, who went on to marry Bruce Forsyth and assist him on the BBC game-show The Generation Game.{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A79411554/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=dfd80c2b |title=STARPROFILE Anthea Redfern |newspaper=Glasgow Evening Times |url-access=subscription |via=Gale OneFile: News |date=26 July 2000 |page=23 |access-date=6 November 2023}}

In January 2020 Torquay United announced that the board of directors had appointed Stubbs as an Honorary Life President of the club.{{cite web |url=https://torquayunited.com/robin-stubbs-appointed-honorary-life-president-of-tuafc/ |title=Robin Stubbs Appointed Honorary Life President of TUAFC |publisher=Torquay United F.C. |date=5 January 2020 |access-date=6 November 2023}}