Joseph "Robin" Lawler (20 August 1925 – 17 April 1998) was an Irish professional

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. From

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, he began his career with Home Farm. He later played with Distillery F.C., Drumcondra and Transport F.C., as well as for Drums in the FAI Cup win against Shamrock Rovers in 1946. Later he played for Belfast Celtic, with whom he won

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and league honours. Subsequently, he moved to Fulham and played at half back on a team that included the England inside forward

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. He played 281 times for Fulham from 1949 until 1962. He won the first of his eight

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caps in a 4–0 win over

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in March 1953. Lawler was known for possessing an extremely long throw-in.

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