| Bob Fairman | |
| Fullname: | Robert Samuel Fairman[1] |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in[2] |
| Position: | Full back, wing half |
| Birth Date: | 13 July 1883[3] |
| Birth Place: | Southampton, England |
| Death Date: | June 1968 (age 84) |
| Death Place: | Abingdon, Berkshire |
| Years1: | – |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1907–1909 |
| Caps2: | 22 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 1909–1912 |
| Caps3: | 90 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1912–1917 |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
Robert Samuel Fairman (13 July 1883 – 1968) was an English footballer who played as a full back or wing half. He scored two goals in 38 appearances in the Football League over two spells for Birmingham,[1] and played 90 Southern League matches for West Ham United.
Fairman was born in Southampton, Hampshire. He began his football career with Southampton, although he never played a first-team match, before joining Birmingham in 1907.[4] He played regularly at left half at the start of the 1908–09 season, but lost his place when the club signed Thomas Daykin,[5] and he moved to West Ham United, then a Southern League club, at the end of the season. He spent three years with West Ham, playing more than 100 games in all competitions, before returning to Birmingham in 1912.[6] He played little first-team football after his return, and retired from the game in 1917.[7]