Home › Entities › Human › Bob Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland footballer and broadcaster (born 1941)
Person Human Q246716

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
October 30, 1941
Place of birth
Chesterfield
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[5]
Occupation
association football player, sports commentator
Employer
British Broadcasting Corporation[7]
Educated at
Loughborough University, Brookfield Community School[8][9]
Award received
English Football Hall of Fame, Officer of the Order of the British Empire[10][11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Country for sport
Scotland[18]
End of work period
1974[21]
Family name
Wilson[15]
Given name
Bob[16]
Height
+1.83[22]
Member of sports team
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Arsenal F.C., Scotland men's national football team, Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Næstved BK
Name in native language
Bob Wilson[19]
Native language
English[6]
Position played on team / speciality
goalkeeper[13]
Sport
association football[14]
Start of work period
1962[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bob Wilson en Robert "Bob" Primrose Wilson ar بوب ويلسون fa باب ویلسون he בוב וילסון ja ボブ・ウィルソン ja ボブ・ウイルソン ko 로버트 프림로즈 윌슨 ko 밥 윌슨 ru Боб Уилсон sv Wilson uk Боб Вілсон uk Боб Вілсон (футболіст, 1941) uk Роберт Прімроуз Вілсон zh 鮑勃·威爾遜
🔖 Identifiers · 18
ISNI
0000000114387865
VIAF cluster ID
17172812
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr2004016621
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bob Wilson in 2009 (cropped).jpg ↗
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
WilsonBob1941-
Barry Hugman's Footballers player ID
21445
EU-Football.info player ID
22945
FAST ID
509393
FootballDatabase.eu person ID
45420
Freebase ID
/m/02c8ss
Kicker.de player ID
bob-wilson
NL CR AUT ID
xx0036071
Show all 18 identifiers +6
National-Football-Teams.com player ID
27371
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
314682511
Playmakerstats.com player ID
197422
Trading Card Database name ID
38527
Transfermarkt player ID
176535
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwMBK9RrqYk3yykYjD6rq

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 5
Arsenal F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Scotland men's national football team, Næstved BK
Award received 2
English Football Hall of Fame, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Occupation 2
association football player, sports commentator
Country for sport 1
Scotland
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
Loughborough University
Employer 1
British Broadcasting Corporation
Family name 1
Wilson
Given name 1
Bob
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Chesterfield
Position played on team / speciality 1
goalkeeper
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
association football
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Bob Wilson was born on October 30, 1941[1], in Chesterfield[2]. He has worked as an association football player[3] and sports commentator[4].

FAQs

Where was Bob Wilson born?

Bob Wilson's place of birth was Chesterfield[2].

What did Bob Wilson do for work?

Bob Wilson worked as an association football player[3] and sports commentator[4].

Where did Bob Wilson go to school?

Bob Wilson was educated at Loughborough University[8] and Brookfield Community School[9].

What awards did Bob Wilson receive?

Honors received include English Football Hall of Fame[10] and Officer of the Order of the British Empire[11].

Related Entities

Scotland United Kingdom

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Bob Wilson. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bob-wilson
MLA “Bob Wilson.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 9 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/bob-wilson.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bob-wilson_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Bob Wilson}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bob-wilson}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-09}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Bob Wilson — https://4ort.xyz/entity/bob-wilson (retrieved 2026-11-09)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/bob-wilson · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Nokya · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country for sport → Scotland
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Award received → English Football Hall of Fame, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
    Place of birth → Chesterfield
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Playmakerstats.com player ID: 197422, batch #289906"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.