Talk:Bob Roberts (footballer, born 1859)

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A fact from Bob Roberts (footballer, born 1859) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 June 2008 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Bob Roberts was the first West Bromwich Albion player to win an international cap?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/June.

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Date of birth and death

As sources seem to differ on Roberts' date of birth and death, I have created this section to keep track of the differences. Footnotes may then be added to the article to acknowledge the discrepancies. --Jameboy (talk) 11:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bob Roberts - Date of birth and death
Date of birth	Date of death	Source
3 April 1859	Not listed	McOwan, Gavin (2002). The Essential History of West Bromwich Albion. Headline. p. 12. ISBN 0-7553-1146-9.
9 April 1859	20 October 1929	Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books. pp. 197–198. ISBN 1-85983-474-4.
9 April 1859	20 October 1929	Matthews, Tony (2007). West Bromwich Albion: The Complete Record. Breedon Books. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-85983-565-4.
25 April 1859	28 October 1929	"England's Players - Radford to Rutherford". EnglandFootballOnline. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
25 April 1859	Not listed	"Robert Roberts - England Stats". EnglandStats.com. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
April 1959	28 October 1929	Graham Betts (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 205. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
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