Norman Hobson

Norman Hobson
Personal information
Full name Norman Hobson
Place of birth Shrewsbury, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Right Back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954 Oswestry Town ? (?)
1954-1962 Shrewsbury Town 212 (5)
1962 Sankeys ? (?)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Norman Hobson (born 22 August 1933) is a former professional footballer who played as a right back for Shrewsbury Town. Norman signed from Oswestry Town in October 1954 and spent 8 seasons at Shrewsbury, making 212 league appearances scoring 5 goals[1] along with 10 FA Cup appearances, 2 league cup appearances with 1 goal. He moved to the Telford-based Sankey's Football Club in January 1962. In 1958/59 season he won promotion with Shrewsbury Town to 3rd tier of English football and played under legendary Town player manager Arthur Rowley. His last appearance for Shrewsbury was on 7 January 1962 in a 1-1 away draw at Aldershot in the 3rd round of the FA Cup. He also played a part in the Shrewsbury team that got to the League Cup semi final that same year.[2]

Honours

with Shrewsbury Town

References

  1. "Norman Hobson". Hugman's footballers. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/UI/Person.aspx?oid=13893. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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