Robert Hawkes
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| Full name | Robert Murray Hawkes | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1880 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Breachwood Green, England | |||||||||||
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| Place of death | Luton, England | |||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||
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| 1900–1901 | Luton Town | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1901–1920 | Luton Town | 349 | (40) | |||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||
| 1907–1908 | England | 5 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1908 | England (amateur) | 3 | (2) | |||||||||
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Robert Murray "Bob" Hawkes (18 October 1880 in Breachwood Green – 12 September 1945) was an English footballer who played for Luton Town, became their first international player, and competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Playing career
Hawkes joined his local team Luton Town as an amateur in 1900, while working in the hat trade, which was prominent in the town. Such was his quality that he was a member of the English team that won the gold medal in the football tournament at the 1908 London Olympics. Meanwhile, he had become the captain of Luton Town.[1]
He also made five appearances for the full England team, making his debut against Ireland on 16 February 1907. In 1908 he was a member of the England squad who toured Europe for the first time, making four appearances in the space of seven days against Austria (twice), Hungary and Bohemia; all four matches resulted in comfortable victories for England.
He was courted numerous times by clubs from the Football League, but always remained loyal to his roots at Luton, turning professional in 1911. He stayed with Luton until his retirement as a 39-year-old in 1920, when Luton rejoined the League themselves.
References
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External links
- Robert Hawkes at databaseOlympics.com (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Robert Hawkes England profile at Englandstats
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- 1880 births
- 1945 deaths
- English footballers
- Southern Football League players
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Great Britain
- English Olympic medallists
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- England international footballers
- England amateur international footballers
- Olympic medalists in football
