Bobby Arber
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Leonard Arber | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Poplar, London, England | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968–1969 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1970 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 1970–1973 | Leyton Orient | 31 | (0) |
| 1973–1974 | Southend United | 0 | (0) |
| 1974–1977 | Rangers | ? | (?) |
| 1977 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 7 | (0) |
| 1978–1979 | Barking | ? | (?) |
| 1979–1980 | Sacramento Gold | ? | (?) |
| 1980–1981 | Atlanta Chiefs (indoor) | 18 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Atlanta Chiefs | 15 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1985–1986 | Barking | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert Leonard Arber (born 13 January 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a defender.
Arber was born on 13 January 1951 in Poplar, London.[1] He started his footballing career as a youth player with Arsenal before joining Leyton Orient in March 1968.[1] He made 28 league appearances for Orient in the 1972-73 season but could not tie down a place in the first team and went to Southend United on loan, and then to play in South Africa.[1]
After retiring from playing, he worked as a coach at Barking and Woodford Town,[1] and managed Barking between January 1985 and December 1986.[2] He later worked as a youth coach at Tottenham Hotspur and a full-time scout at Arsenal.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Arber is the father of former footballer Mark Arber.[3]
References
[edit]General
- Bobby Arber at the English National Football Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- NASLJerseys profile. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
Specific
- ^ a b c d e Kaufman, Neilson N; Ravenhill, Alan E (2002). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. Tempus Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 0752424122.
- ^ "Past Managers". The Online Home of the Blues Barking FC. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016.
- ^ Sport, Telegraph (6 September 2013). "Arsenal academy coach Mark Arber investigated over alleged bet on Mesut Ozil transfer from Real Madrid". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- People from Poplar, London
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. players
- Barking F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Sacramento Gold (1976–1980) players
- American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
- Atlanta Chiefs players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players
- English football managers
- Barking F.C. managers
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff
- Arsenal F.C. non-playing staff
- English football coaches
- Association football scouts
- English football defender, 1950s birth stubs