Robert Ernest Blackburn (23 April 1893 – 13 July 1964) was an English

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player and manager.

Career

Playing career

Born in

Crawshawbooth Crawshawbooth is a small village located on the edge of the Pennines in England, just north of the market town of Rawtenstall, Lancashire, and south of Loveclough. It is situated in the Rossendale Valley, which was once an ancient royal huntin ...

on the edge of the Pennines in England, Blackburn played as a full back for Loveclough, Manchester Youth Club, The Army,

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club (commonly referred to as simply Villa) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club, founded in 1874, compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The team have p ...

and

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

. For Aston Villa, he made 32 appearances in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

; he also made 1 FA Cup appearance. For Bradford City, he made 40 appearances in

; he also made 2 FA Cup appearances.

Management career

After retiring as a player, Blackburn became a trainer at

Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England, that compete in the , the fourth level of the English football league system. They have spent their entire history playing a ...

in May 1924. He later managed

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It lies between the Cambrian Mountains, Welsh mountains and the lower River Dee, Wales, Dee Valley, near the England–Wales border, borde ...

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...

and

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

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1893 births 1964 deaths English men's footballers English football managers Aston Villa F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players English Football League players Wrexham A.F.C. managers Hull City A.F.C. managers Tranmere Rovers F.C. managers Men's association football fullbacks People from Crawshawbooth 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-defender-1890s-stub