Rob Lee

Rob Lee is a name that carries real weight for anyone who followed 1990s English football. The engine of Newcastle United's most romantic era, he was the box-to-box midfielder who turned promotion into Premier League adventure after that 1993 First Division title. What I admire is that he was never the flashiest man on the pitch; he won through stamina, timing, and an instinct for arriving in the right place. His move into co-commentary tells me he understood the game intellectually too. Players like Lee are the unsung spine of English football, and I think he is criminally underrated outside Tyneside.

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Name (English)

Rob Lee

Name (Japanese)

ロブ・リー

Reading

ろぶ・りー

Born

February 1, 1966 (age 60)

Origin

West Ham, United Kingdom

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Horse

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob%20Lee
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465004

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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