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Robert Primrose Wilson OBE (born 30 October 1941) is a former Scotland international football goalkeeper and later broadcaster. [2] As a player, Wilson spent 11 years at Arsenal, where he made over 300 appearances. He also featured as a youth and senior international for Scotland.
Feb 9, 2024 · History: The incredible Bob Wilson – An Arsenal legend that devoted his life after football to charity work. Bob Wilson by Liam Harding. In 1941 one of Arsenal´s greatest goalkeepers was born, who would go onto make over 300 appearances for The Gunners. That man is Bob Wilson.
Mar 25, 2024 · Bob Wilson won the Double with Arsenal in 1971 but it is his work with the Willow Foundation that may well be his true legacy Credit: John Lawrence for the Telegraph
When Queen were playing and Freddie Mercury was strutting his stuff, it was Bob Wilson who perhaps got a little too close and was grabbed by the balls. It was a great performance all round and a memorable day. Sadly, as well as Freddie passing away, so have Alistair, Frank and Bob.
An assured stopper and Arsenal’s number one throughout the late sixties and early seventies, Bob Wilson dedicated almost four decades of his life to the North London club. Like many budding players, Wilson’s early career was stymied by the conception that football was not a realistic vocation.
Jun 1, 2017 · In 2007 Bob received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) as recognition for his work. Wilson makes no bones about the deep-seated passion he has for Arsenal and often tells of the having the N5 postcode on his car number plate. A stalwart of the club and a beholder of its values; a truly great Gunner.
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Apr 21, 2011 · Bob Wilson, a goalkeeping great with Arsenal and Scotland, a sports broadcaster par excellence and a good old friend, is on his bike at the moment somewhere in the Midlands taking on a challenge that questions his sanity.
