Robert Gordon | |
Fullname: | Robert Henry Gordon |
Birth Date: | 1917 |
Birth Place: | Shankhouse, Northumberland, England |
Death Date: | 18 September |
Death Place: | Ely, Cambridgeshire, England |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1937–1939 |
Clubs1: | Huddersfield Town |
Caps1: | 7 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Robert Henry Gordon (1917 – 18 September 1940) was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town.
He also made a solitary 'guest' appearance for Mossley in the 1939–40 season.[1]
He died in September 1940 of pulmonary tuberculosis at RAF Hospital Ely in World War II whilst serving as a Leading Aircraftman of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in No 9 Sqn, RAF.[2] [3]