Facts:   - clubs: huddersfield town    - caps: 7    - position: defender    - years: 1937-1939    - death date: 18 september 1940 1917      - birth date: 1917    - fullname: robert henry gordon    - name: robert gordon    - birth place: shankhouse , northumberland , england    - goals: 0   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert gordon -lrb- footballer -rrb- .
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robert henry gordon -lrb- 1917 ?in shankhouse , northumberland -- 18 september 1940 -rrb- was a professional footballer , who played for huddersfield town .he died in september 1940 when he was killed in action in world war ii whilst serving as a leading aircraftman of the royal air force volunteer reservein no 9 sqn , raf