Bob Latchford
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Dennis Latchford | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1967–1968 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1974 | Birmingham City | 160 | (68) |
| 1974–1981 | Everton | 236 | (106) |
| 1981–1984 | Swansea City | 87 | (35) |
| 1984 | NAC Breda | 16 | (13) |
| 1984–1985 | Coventry City | 12 | (2) |
| 1985–1986 | Lincoln City | 15 | (2) |
| 1986 | → Newport County (loan) | 20 | (5) |
| 1986–1987 | Merthyr Tydfil | ||
| National team | |||
| England youth | 4 | (?) | |
| England U23 | 6 | (2) | |
| 1977–1979 | England | 12 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robert Dennis "Bob" Latchford (born 18 January 1951) is an English former association footballer who played as a centre forward. He made more than 500 appearances in the Football League, playing for Birmingham City, Everton, Swansea City and Coventry City in the First Division, and won 12 full caps for England.
Latchford was the complete centre-forward, able to score or create chances for teammates using either his feet or head. Despite his size – 6 feet (1.83m) tall – he was very fast over short distances, a quality he used to his advantage when scoring many of his goals.
Latchford was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham. He was transferred from Birmingham City to Everton for £350,000, a British transfer record at the time (Howard Kendall and Archie Styles were transferred to Birmingham City as part of the same deal, with Birmingham being paid just £80,000). At Everton, Latchford was the top scorer for six successive seasons. He scored 30 goals in the 1977–78 season, winning a £10,000 prize offered by a national newspaper for the first footballer to reach that number in a single season. During the mid-seventies, Latchford was widely considered as one of the top English forwards of his generation. He earned his first full cap for England in a World Cup qualifier against Italy in 1977. In April 2006 a book was published telling the story of his 1977/78 season. Co-written with journalist Martin O'Boyle, the book supports Everton's former players charity.
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