Newcastle United's South American Legend!

The son of a Chilean father and an English mother, Robledo was something of a trailblazer when he joined Huddersfield Town, and then Barnsley Football Club, during the Second World War.

He signed for Newcastle United in 1949 for £26,500 ... but only on condition his brother Ted joined Newcastle too.

Then-Toon manager Stan Seymour had never seen Ted play, but signed him to tie up the deal for George.

Robledo scored an amazing 127 goals in 151 games for Newcastle.

Robledo was born in Iquique, he emigrated with his family to Brampton, Yorkshire in 1932, at the age of five, due to the instability in Chile at the time.

Robledo started his footballing career at Huddersfield Town, playing as a part-time amateur while he earned his money coal mining, though he never managed to break into the first team.

Robledo's league debut for Newcastle came in the 2-0 victory away to Charlton Athletic on February 5, while his first league goal came a month later in the derby match against Sunderland at St James' Park.

Newcastle came out of the match 2-1 winners, with Robledo's goal separating the sides, helping to quickly make him a fan favourite. The other Newcastle goal scorer was Jackie Milburn, marking the start of one of the great striking partnerships in Newcastle United's history. Robledo went on to score 5 more goals in the last 12 games of the season.

Chile recruited Robledo for the 1950 World Cup, even though he spoke no Spanish. He made his debut in the opening group game against England (one of his opponents reputedly warned him after he'd hit the post "steady, George, you're not playing for Newcastle now, you know") and scored in Chile's 5-2 victory over the USA.

The following season Robledo scored 11 goals for Newcastle, then netted 14 times in the 1950-51 season and became the first South American to play in the FA Cup final, when Newcastle beat Blackpool 2-0 to lift the Cup. Robledo finished as Division One's top scorer in the 1951-52 season with 33 goals, 39 in all competitions (equalling Hughie Gallacher's record).

Robledo finished the season by scoring the goal which defeated Arsenal in the FA Cup final, helping Newcastle lift the cup in successive seasons.

In the 1952-53, season Robledo scored 18 times, taking his all time goals record for Newcastle to 91 and his league record to 82 (making him the highest scoring (non-Irish) overseas player in the English top flight, a record that was broken nearly half a century later by Dwight Yorke).

At the end of the season Ted Robledo was sold to Colo-Colo and George soon followed him (Colo-Colo paying Newcastle United £25,000 for his services).

Both brothers were highly popular in Chile, and George ended as top scorer in the Chilean league in 1953 and 54 (with 26 and 25 goals respectively).

Robledo left Colo-Colo in 1958 and spent a year out of football before signing for Club Deportivo O'Higgins where he played out the final years of his career.

Robledo married in 1959, and later had a daughter. He finally retired from football in 1961 and took charge of the sports program in St Peter's school, Viña del Mar, where he remained leading a quiet life until his death of an heart attack in 1989.