Career
He made a total of 261 appearances (63 goals) in the Football League, for West Bromwich Albion, N ottinghamshire County, Peterborough United and Crystal Palace. He also played non-league football for Weymouth. Horobin was born in Brownhills, then in Staffordshire, now part of West Midlands, and began his playing career as an apprentice at West Bromwich Albion in 1950, signing professional terms in 1952.
Between then and 1958 he made 54 appearances for the club in the Football League scoring six goals.
In 1958, Horobin transferred to N ottinghamshire County, where he made 123 appearances (37 goals) between then and 1962. He then moved on again to Peterborough United where he scored 20 goals in 80 appearances over the next two seasons.
Horobin finished his playing career at Weymouth and after a brief career as a journalist, became youth development officer at West Bromwich Albion, a post he held from 1973 to 1986. Roy Horobin died on 29 August 2012, aged 77.
He had been suffering from Parkinson"s disease.