Bob Humphries

Robert Humphries (4 July 1933 – 1988) was an English professional footballer who played as a right half or inside forward in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Millwall.

Bob Humphries
Personal information
Full name Robert Humphries[1]
Date of birth (1933-07-04)4 July 1933[1]
Place of birth Hindhead,[1] England
Date of death 1988 (aged 54)[2]
Place of death Spain[1]
Playing position(s) Right half, inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1955 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
1955–1956 Eastbourne United
1956 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1956–1957 Brighton & Hove Albion 10 (2)
1957–1960 Millwall 47 (4)
1960–196? Hastings United
196?–1962 Cambridge United
1962–196? Hastings United
196?–1966 Tunbridge Wells Rangers
1966–1968 Bognor Regis Town
Teams managed
1966–1968 Bognor Regis Town (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Humphries was born in Hindhead, Surrey, in 1933. He was on the books of Tottenham Hotspur as an amateur and then played for Sussex County League club Eastbourne United. After a month's trial with First Division club Sheffield United, he signed professional forms in February 1956.[3][4] He never made a league appearance, and moved on later that same year to Brighton & Hove Albion, for whom he made his debut in the Football League in November.[2] Humphries made ten appearances in the Third Division South for Albion, scoring twice, before joining another third-tier club, Millwall. After three years and 47 league appearances,[1] he returned to non-league football with Hastings United,[2] Cambridge United, a return to Hastings, where he was a member of the team promoted to the Southern League Premier Division in 1962–63,[5] Tunbridge Wells Rangers and Bognor Regis Town, where he acted as player-manager.[2] Humphries died in a car accident in Spain in 1988 at the age of 54.[2]

References
  1. "Bob Humphries". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  3. "Tailpieces". Eastbourne Herald. 5 November 1955. p. 17.
  4. "Bob Humphries turns professional". Eastbourne Gazette. 8 February 1956. p. 14.
  5. Elms, Philip (1988). Claret and blue. The story of Hastings United F.C. Hastings: 1066 Newspapers. pp. 16–18.


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