Bob Stokoe
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Stokoe | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Mickley, Northumberland | ||
| Date of death | 1 February 2004 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Hartlepool, County Durham | ||
| Playing position | Centre half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1946–1950 | Newcastle United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1960 | Newcastle United | 261 | (4) |
| 1960–1964 | Bury | 82 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1961–1965 | Bury | ||
| 1965–1967 | Charlton | ||
| 1967–1968 | Rochdale | ||
| 1968–1970 | Carlisle | ||
| 1970–1972 | Blackpool | ||
| 1972–1976 | Sunderland | ||
| 1977–1978 | Bury | ||
| 1978–1979 | Blackpool | ||
| 1979–1980 | Rochdale | ||
| 1980–1985 | Carlisle | ||
| 1985–1986 | Carlisle | ||
| 1987 | Sunderland | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2007. |
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Robert "Bob" Stokoe (21 September 1930 – 1 February 2004) was an English footballer and manager who was able, almost uniquely, to transcend the traditional north-east rivalry between the region's footballing giants, Newcastle United and Sunderland. As a player he won an FA Cup winner's medal with Newcastle in 1955 and in 1973 was manager of Sunderland in their famous victory over Leeds United.
Born in Mickley, near Prudhoe, Northumberland, the son of a miner, Stokoe began his footballing career at Newcastle United, signing for them as an apprentice in 1947 and playing the first of 261 games, usually as centre-half, on Christmas Day 1950 against Middlesbrough, a game in which he also scored. The highlight of his 13 years at Newcastle was the 3–1 1955 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City. After leaving Newcastle and joining Bury in February 1961, Stokoe spent a short time as a player before making the move into management with the same club as player-manager later that year.
Stokoe took the post of player-manager at Bury in December 1961 which at 31 years of age, made him the second-youngest manager in the football league. He led them to the semi-finals of the League Cup in 1962–63. He stopped playing in 1964, staying on as manager for another year after which he moved south to take charge at Charlton Athletic from 1965–1967. He was manager of Rochdale from 1967 to 1968, followed by three separate spells at Carlisle United (1968–1970, 1980–1985 and 1985–1986).
Between spells at Carlisle, Stokoe managed Blackpool from 1970–1972. He was initially approached by the club in the summer of 1969, after the departure of Stan Mortensen. At the time, he declined, preferring to stay with Carlisle; just over eighteen months later, however, he became the ninth official manager in Blackpool's history.
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