Robson attended Langley Park primary school and then Waterhouses secondary modern school, after failing his eleven-plus but the headmaster did not allow the school football team to join a league.[8] Instead, he began to play for Langley Park Juniors on Saturday mornings at age 11, and by the time he was 15, he was representing the club at under-18 level.[9] Robson played football whenever he possibly could but left school aged 15 to start work as an electrician's apprentice for the National Coal Board in the Langley Park colliery.[5][10] In May 1950, Bill Dodgin, the manager of Fulham, made a personal visit to the Robson household to offer Bobby a professional contract. Despite being offered a contract by nearby Middlesbrough, the offer made by Dodgin was too attractive to turn down, so he signed for Fulham and moved to London,[11][12][13] playing as a wing half and inside forward.[14] Robson had also interested his beloved Newcastle, but he opted to join Fulham as, in his opinion, "Newcastle made no appreciable effort to secure [my] signature." He also thought he stood a better chance of breaking into the first team at Fulham.[5] Robson had partial deafness in one ear, which rendered him ineligible to be called up for national service.[15]
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Robson moved to Sporting CP in July 1992, where his Portuguese interpreter was a young José Mourinho, future Porto, Chelsea, Internazionale, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Roma manager. Robson guided the club to a third-place finish in his first season in charge while admitting the club was in "a terrible state". He described the club's president as a "loose cannon" who frequently signed players without Robson's consent.[90] Robson was sacked in December 1993 with the club sitting at the top of the league table. Club president Sousa Cintra cited the club's early exit from the UEFA Cup, at the hands of Casino Salzburg, as the reason for his dismissal.[91]
Robson was awarded a number of honours for his contributions to football. In 1990, at the end of his eight-year reign as England manager, he was appointed a CBE in 1991[155] and in 2002, he was knighted;[156] both awards were for services to football.[157][158]
In 2002 (during his time as Newcastle manager), the 69-year-old Robson was awarded the freedom of Newcastle upon Tyne and the UEFA President's Award for "services to football".[13][24] He was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003 in recognition of his impact as a manager.[159] Following his time as Newcastle United manager in 2005, Robson was made an Honorary Freeman of Newcastle,[119] which, in his autobiography, he described as being "the proudest moment of my life".[160] Robson also won the 1992 Football Writers' Association Tribute Award for an outstanding contribution to the national game,[161] and the 2001 British Sports Writers' Association Pat Besford Trophy for Outstanding Achievement.[158] In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Sports Coach UK Awards,[162] and was also awarded the Eircom International Personality of the Year in 2006.[157] On 9 December 2007, Robson was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year show in recognition of "his contribution as both player and manager in a career spanning more than half a century".[163]
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