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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name        = Bobby Simpson
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|fullname    = Robert Simpson<ref name=Joyce/>
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1915|9|15|df=y}}<ref name=Joyce/>
|birth_place = [[Bishop Auckland]],<ref name=Joyce/> England
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1994|1|13|1915|9|15|df=y}}<ref name=Hugmans/>
|death_place = Bishop Auckland,<ref name=Hugmans/> England
|height      = 5 ft 5 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-sun-football-supplement-1937-darl/134603111/ |title=Remedy was drastic. Clearance sale at Feethams |newspaper=Sunday Sun Football Supplement |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=22 August 1937 |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
|position    = [[Outside forward]]
|youthyears1 = –         |youthclubs1 =
|years1      = –         |clubs1 = [[West Auckland Town F.C.|West Auckland Town]]
|years2      = 1936–1947 |clubs2 = [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]]                |caps2 = 96 |goals2 = 14
|years3      = 1947–1948 |clubs3 = [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepools United]] |caps3 = 13 |goals3 = 1
|years4      = –         |clubs4 = [[Stockton F.C.|Stockton]]                    |caps4 =    |goals4 =
}}
'''Robert Simpson''' (15 September 1915&nbsp;– 13 January 1994) was an English [[association football|footballer]] who made 109 appearances in [[the Football League]] playing for [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]] and [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepools United]] either side of the Second World War. An [[outside forward]], he also played [[non-league football]] for [[West Auckland Town F.C.|West Auckland Town]] and [[Stockton F.C.|Stockton]].<ref name=Joyce>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=239 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref><ref name=Hugmans>{{Hugman|18043|accessdate=4 July 2015}}</ref>
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[[Category:1915 births]]
[[Category:1994 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Bishop Auckland]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football wingers]]
[[Category:West Auckland Town F.C. players]]
[[Category:Darlington F.C. players]]
[[Category:Hartlepool United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Stockton F.C. players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]
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