Bob Valentine (footballer)
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| Full name | Robert Valentine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 December 1877 Pendleton, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 January 1926 (aged 48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Valentine (21 December 1877 – 16 January 1926) was an English rugby league and footballer. In association football, his regular position was as a goalkeeper, and he made ten first team appearances for Manchester United (1903–1908). He also played rugby league for Swinton.[2]
Valentine was born in 1877[3] in Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire,[4] the youngest son of Robert Valentine, who was in the Navy, and Ann Wallwork Valentine.[5] His elder brother was Swinton legend Jim Valentine (1866–1904). Their father died in 1884 when Robert was 6 years old, and he later moved in with his brother in Irlams o' th' Height.[6]
Valentine died at the original Salford Royal Hospital on Chapel Street/Adelphi Street, Salford in 1926 aged 48[7]. At the time of his death from a long and painful illness he kept a public house in Eccles. He was married, but had no children.[8]
