Robert William Jefferson (June 1882 – July 1966[2]) was an English professional football player and manager.
[3] He left school to join the Royal Navy, before deserting after a few weeks to become an apprentice moulder at a foundry back in Sunderland.
[4] He began his professional career at Bradford City in November 1904, scoring six goals in 30 appearances in the Football League over the next two seasons.
[4] By May 1908, Jefferson had moved to Swindon Town along with former-Leeds players Harry Kay and Jack Lavery.
During this time he also coached Tubantia from Hengelo from mid February until the first of June 1926 in order to prepare them for the promotion competition[9] after which he returned to Vitesse.