Jorge "George" Robledo Oliver was a Chilean professional footballer.
15 Facts About George Robledo
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George Robledo played as a striker, and is most notable for his time spent with Newcastle United.
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George Robledo was the first non-British-registered foreign player to become top scorer in England.
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George Robledo emigrated with his family to Brampton, Yorkshire in 1932, at the age of five, due to the instability in Chile at the time.
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George Robledo started his footballing career at Huddersfield Town, playing as a part-time amateur while he earned his money coal mining, though he never managed to break into the first team.
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George Robledo was able to give up the coal mining when he moved to Second Division Barnsley during World War II.
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George Robledo went on to score 5 more goals in the last 12 games of the season.
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George Robledo finished the season by scoring the goal which defeated Arsenal in the FA Cup final, helping Newcastle lift the cup in successive seasons.
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The goal scored by George Robledo was drawn by a young John Lennon, who included it in the artwork of his album Walls and Bridges in 1974.
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George Robledo left Colo-Colo in 1958, and spent a year out of football, before signing for Club Deportivo O'Higgins where he played out the final years of his career, until his retirement in 1960.
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George Robledo was in the Chile squad for the 1955 and 1957 South American Championships, finishing as runners-up in the former tournament.
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George Robledo made thirty-one appearances for his national side, scoring eight goals over a period of seven years.
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George Robledo finally retired from football in 1961 and took charge of the sports program in St Peter's school, Vina del Mar, where he remained leading a quiet life until his death of a heart attack on 1 April 1989, just before his 63rd birthday.
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George Robledo was survived by his wife Gladys and daughter Elizabeth.
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George Robledo's brother Ted had died nearly 20 years earlier, having fallen from an oil tanker into the sea off the coast of Dubai in December 1970.