Bobby Dawson

[The Red Baron]

In his column in Saturday's programme Gavin Baldwin said he had learned that Bobby Dawson had passed away. Dawson made 28 League appearances for Rovers as a goalkeeper between 1965 and 1967. He was born in Bentley in 1944.

I wondered if anyone had any further information about Bobby Dawson's death?

[MickyNorburys90shat-trick]

I have no further news on his passing but I played Sunday league for a short time with him for the Ivanhoe in Sprotbrough, I was 15/16 and he would have been in his very late forties.  He was still a great goalkeeper and you could tell that he'd been good enough to play professional - more importantly, he was a really nice guy.  RIP Bob.

[arkseyrover]

Bob was a big man. Played between the sticks for a while in mid sixties when we had a bit of a goalie crisis due to lack of confidence and shipping quite a few goals (but cant quite remember who the first choice was!). He did really well and looked to be heading for a bit of stardom. Not sure where it fell down for him. But he was a local (Bentley/Scawthorpe) lad who was a genuinely nice bloke and who was approachable and happy to talk to you. He went on to work for Pawletts the Builders Merchants at Bentley for quite a long time after he stopped playing pro. Very sad that he has gone. Condolences and RIP Bob. Sad news.