- Jack Robson
Football player infobox
playername = Jack Robson
fullname = John Robson
dateofbirth =
placeofbirth =Durham
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath =11 January 1922
placeofdeath =
countryofdeath =England
currentclub = Retired
manageryears = 1899-1905
1905-1907
1908-1914
1914-1921
managerclubs = Middlesbrough (secretary)
Crystal Palace (secretary)
Brighton & Hove Albion (secretary)
Manchester UnitedJohn "Jack" Robson (born in
Durham , died11 January ,1922 ) was an Englishman who was the full-time secretary manager of Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion, as well as manager of Manchester United. Jack started his managerial career with Middlesbrough, where he was paid the princely sum of £3 a week and declined to travel to away games as an economic measure. Despite his tight-fistedness he took the club from being an amateur outfit in the Northern League to a professional club in the First Division. He was also the first manager of Crystal Palace and coached the club to one of the greatestFA Cup shocks of all time when they defeated Newcastle United atSt James Park in 1907. He later managed Brighton & Hove Albion and started the concept of being a manager and not a secretary at Manchester United. He would be the manager of United until11 January ,1922 when he died ofpneumonia .Honours
As a manager
Middlesbrough
*Second Division runner-up: 1901–02Brighton & Hove Albion
*Southern League Division One Title winner: 1909–10
*FA Charity Shield winner: 1910Managerial statistics
External links
*soccerbase (manager)|id=845|name=Jack Robson
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