Robert Victor Tambling (born 18 September 1941) is an English former professional footballer, who played as a forward, most notably for Chelsea, Crystal Palace and England. He was Chelsea's all-time top scorer for 47 years, with 202 goals in all competitions until Frank Lampard surpassed this total on 11 May 2013. Tambling remains Chelsea's all-time top scorer in league competition with 164 goals. After enjoying a successful career in the Football League during the 1960s and early 1970s, Tambling moved to Ireland. He subsequently played for several clubs in the League of Ireland and also represented the League of Ireland XI. After retiring as a player he continued to live in Ireland, residing in Crosshaven, County Cork. More about Bobby Tambling
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A talented schoolboy footballer who played for England schoolboys, his signature as a professional player was sought out by several teams including Reading, Wolverhampton Wanderers and the club he supported as a boy, Blackpool. Having met scout Jimmy Thompson and manager Ted Drake Tambling joined Chelsea as a fifteen-year-old in 1957. He made his debut, aged seventeen in 1959 scoring in a 3–2 win against West Ham United. Two years later, following the transfer of Jimmy Greaves to AC Milan, he became Chelsea's main striker and was their leading goal scorer for five seasons in the 1960s. Forming a partnership with Barry Bridges, Tambling was made club captain in 1962 by manager Tommy Docherty after Chelsea's relegation to the Second Division. With Docherty adding new players Terry Venables and Peter Bonetti Chelsea made an immediate return to the top flight with Tambling as their top scorer as he was in their first season back in the top division.The most expensive item with a signature of Bobby Tambling (CHELSEA FC Original Vintage Photos Incl Bobby Tambling Original Autograph) was sold in September 2021 for $34.12 while the cheapest item (2008 BOBBY TAMBLING - EX-FOOTBALLER AUTOGRAPH FROM COLLECTION BK2) found a new owner for $0.56 in February 2021. The month with the most items sold (6) was May 2023 with an average selling price of $1.24 for an autographed item of Bobby Tambling. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2021 with $34.12 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.56 was February 2021. In average, an autographed item from Bobby Tambling is worth $1.63.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bobby Tambling were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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Bobby Tambling Chelsea England Hand Signed Autograph | $3.04 | ||
BOBBY TAMBLING signed 1970 1971 A&BC Orange Back Series 3 card #250 CRYSTAL PAL | $6.23 | ||
Liverpool's Kevin Lewis and Bobby Tambling Chelsea original signed photographs | $10.86 | ||
SALE BOBBY TAMBLING CHELSEA HAND SIGNED PHOTO AUTHENTIC GENUINE + COA - 10x8 | $1.24 | ||
SALE BOBBY TAMBLING CHELSEA HAND SIGNED PHOTO AUTHENTIC GENUINE + COA - 12x8 | $1.91 | ||
SALE BOBBY TAMBLING CHELSEA HAND SIGNED PHOTO AUTHENTIC GENUINE + COA - 12x8 | $1.85 | ||
SALE BOBBY TAMBLING CHELSEA HAND SIGNED PHOTO AUTHENTIC GENUINE + COA - 12x8 | $1.85 | ||
SALE BOBBY TAMBLING CHELSEA HAND SIGNED PHOTO AUTHENTIC GENUINE + COA - 12x8 | $1.24 | ||
SALE BOBBY TAMBLING CHELSEA HAND SIGNED PHOTO AUTHENTIC GENUINE + COA - 12x8 | $1.24 | ||
SALE BOBBY TAMBLING CHELSEA HAND SIGNED PHOTO AUTHENTIC GENUINE + COA - 12x8 | $1.24 |