Bobby Hulse

Bobby Hulse
Personal information
Full name Robert James Hulse
Date of birth (1957-01-05)5 January 1957
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–198? Gateshead
Stade Quimpérois
1983 Darlington 4 (0)
Newcastle Blue Star
198?–1987 Gateshead
1987–1989 Barrow
1989–1990 Gateshead
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert James Hulse (born 5 January 1957) is an English former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder in the Football League for Darlington and in France for Stade Quimpérois. He spent several spells with Gateshead; he was a member of their 1985–86 Northern Premier League title-winning squad, and made more than 200 appearances spread over a ten-year period. He also played non-league football for Newcastle Blue Star and for Barrow, with whom he won the Northern Premier League in 1988–89.

Hulse was sent off for persistent fouling on his Darlington debut, on 24 September 1983 at home to Fourth Division leaders York City. York's goalkeeper, Roger Jones, had earlier been sent off for a professional foul. The game finished goalless.

After leaving football he worked in demolition before moving into property development.