Very sad news. I think he may have played in the first Palace match I saw in 1964. I certainly remember seeing him play many times during his second stint with the club.

Sad news, saw Bobby in both his spells at Palace. A competitive midfielder who could put a foot in if it was needed and could look after himself. RIP.

Bobby really was excellent, very combative, but could play a bit too, always gave 100%.
I suppose in today's Palace team he would be comparable to James McArthur.

For me there are three particularly memorable games that I attended in the 1960s. The Fulham game in 1969 when we won promotion to Div.1.

And then two other games both of which Bobby was playing in - the last game of 63/64 against Oldham when we were promoted from Div.3 (even though we lost the match) and the Forest 5th round cup tie when we beat 1st Div, opponents 3-1.

I saw Bobby in both his spells at Palace but he was much more impressive in the first one in my opinion (to be fair not many were impressive in 71-72 and 72-73 seasons).

The excellent book "Crystal Palace player by player", which I got for Xmas after seeing it advertised on here, gives his record as follows:

4/9/63 - 25/11/65 played 88 goals 6
9/71 - 29/12/72 played 47 (+2sub) goals 4

A long time ago but I remember him as a short, stocky left footed midfielder with an excellent tackle.