Bobby Tambling obituary (opens in new tab)

Striker who overcame his natural diffidence as Chelsea’s ebullient record goal scorer in the 1960sChelsea Football Club has produced a long line of superstar strikers, from the prolific and swaggering to the balletic and brilliant and powerful . But none scored as many goals for the club as the modest Bobby Tambling, who has died aged 84 after suffering from dementia, and in the event it was a midfielder, Frank Lampard, who overtook his tally in 2013.Tambling scored 202 goals in 370 games for...