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{{Short description|English footballer (1934–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{infobox football biography
| name = Keith Jobling
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Keith Reginald Jobling
| height =
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Centre half]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|3|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Scunthorpe]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|20|1934|3|26|df=y}}
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = New Waltham
| years1 = 1953–1969
| clubs1 = [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]
| caps1 = 450
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 1969–1972
| clubs2 = [[Boston United F.C.|Boston United]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| manageryears1 = 1972–1975
| managerclubs1 = [[Boston United F.C.|Boston United]]
}}
'''Keith Jobling''' (26 March 1934 – 20 September 2020) was an English professional [[association football|footballer]] who made 450 appearances in [[the Football League]] as a [[Defender (association football)|centre half]] for [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/grimsby/grimsby.html |title=Grimsby Town : 1946/47 – 2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=15 September 2009}}</ref><ref name=BUFC>{{cite web |url=http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/rollcall.html |title=Boston United Roll Call |work=Boston United FC |publisher=Ken Fox |accessdate=15 September 2009}}</ref> Until overtaken by [[John McDermott (English footballer)|John McDermott]] in 2000, Jobling was Grimsby Town's appearance record-holder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10417~1073423,00.html |title=Legends |date=7 April 2009 |accessdate=15 September 2009 |publisher=Grimsby Town F.C |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417134406/http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10417~1073423,00.html |archivedate=17 April 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> After leaving Grimsby he joined [[Boston United F.C.|Boston United]], first as a player and then as successor to [[Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940)|Jim Smith]] as manager.<ref name=BUFC/>

Jobling died on 20 September 2020, at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web|title=R.I.P. Keith Jobling |url=https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2020/september/r.i.p.-keith-jobling/|website=Grimsby Town F.C.|date=21 September 2020}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Boston United F.C. managers}}

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[[Category:1934 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Grimsby]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players]]
[[Category:Boston United F.C. players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:English football managers]]
[[Category:Boston United F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing]]

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