Bill Robertson (Scottish footballer)

William Gibb Robertson (13 November 1928 – 26 June 1973) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper in the English Football League and made a total of 246 league appearances for Chelsea and Leyton Orient.

[1] In July 1946 Robertson, aged 17, was signed by First Division club Chelsea from Arthurlie of the Scottish Central Junior League.

During the second of these, the 1961–62 season, during which Leyton Orient won promotion to the First Division, Robertson played in the latter 15 matches of the campaign, keeping seven clean sheets.

[6] Robertson signed for non-league club Dover of the Southern League in July 1963[7] but did not establish himself as their regular starting goalkeeper.

In September 1970 he made a one-off appearance in a Southern League Premier Division match for Ashford Town[8] who were managed by his former Chelsea team-mate Peter Sillett.