| Harry Robotham | |
| Fullname: | Horace Osborne Robotham |
| Birth Date: | 12 June 1879 |
| Birth Place: | Heath Town, England |
| Death Place: | Flers-Courcelette, France |
| Position: | Right half |
| Clubs1: | Wolverhampton Post Office |
| Clubs2: | Redshaw Albion |
| Years3: | 1899 |
| Clubs3: | Ossett |
| Years4: | 1899–1901 |
| Clubs4: | Hunslet |
| Years5: | 1901–1902 |
| Clubs5: | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 1903–1905 |
| Clubs6: | Fulham |
| Caps6: | 34 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1905–1906 |
| Clubs7: | Brentford |
| Caps7: | 18 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 1906–1907 |
| Clubs8: | Glossop |
| Caps8: | 23 |
| Goals8: | 4 |
| Years9: | 1907–1908 |
| Clubs9: | New Brompton |
| Caps9: | 30 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 1908–1909 |
| Clubs10: | Wellington Town |
Horace Osborne Robotham (12 June 1879 – 12 September 1916) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop and Wolverhampton Wanderers as a right half.[1] He also played in the Southern League for Fulham, New Brompton and Brentford.[2]
On 26 November 1915, in Wolverhampton during the First World War,[3] Robotham enlisted in the 2nd Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.[4] He served his initial time on the Western Front between Hazebrouck and Bailleul in 1916 and later took part in the Battle of the Somme. Robotham was killed on 12 September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. His body was never recovered and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1901–02[5] | First Division | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1902–03[6] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Brentford | 1905–06 | Southern League First Division | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| New Brompton | 1907–08[7] | Southern League First Division | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Career total | 55 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 1 | |||