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ROBSON , T ( homas ) Raymond ( 1952-1955 )
Left - back : 58 apps . 2 goals . Debut : 4.10.52 . 1953 : 5ft . 9½ ins ; 11st . 8lbs .
Born : Newcastle - on - Tyne , 11 August 1928 . Career : Junior football to Cardiff City February 1949 ; Bradford City July 1950 ; TOWN June 1952-1955 . Thought to have later assisted South Shields .
Went to Bradford City ( who gaye Ray his League baptism ) as an outside - left and it was
at Valley Parade that he was switched to full back . Gave competent defensive displays for the Mariners over a 3 - year period .
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WHO'S Wito TOWN FC
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DOUGLAS
LAMMINS
AUG . 27TH . 1960
No. 2. RAY ROBSON
By courtesy of " Shields Gazette "
The Mariners ' left back , now in his second season with the club , joined South Shields from Wisbech Town , his previous clubs being Grimsby & Carlisle . A Newcastle lad aged 27 , Ray is married with one son , and is a machinist in a Newcastle factory .