Brian Ashley Dobson (1 March 1934 â 15 August 2025) was an English footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Colchester United.
After joining hometown club Colchester United as an apprentice, Dobson made his first-team debut for the club in a 1âÂÂ0 away defeat to Aldershot on 24 March 1956. He made 24 appearances in the Football League for the U's between 1956 and 1959, with his final game coming on 7 November 1959, a 2âÂÂ1 victory at Layer Road against Newport County. He later moved to Clacton Town.
Dobson died after a short illness at home, on 15 August 2025, at the age of 91.