Robert Mensah

A sports stadium in Cape Coast has been named in his honour. The stadium is the home venue of the Mysterious Dwarfs, the team which Mensah began his football career with. He is also the subject of a folk song. In 1972, a song was released called "Robert Mensah" condemning drinking.

His final game for Ghana would unknowingly come on 28 October 1971, when Ghana were knocked out 1–0 on aggregate by Togo.

He was murdered in 1971 following Ghana's unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 1972 African Cup of Nations. The player was stabbed with a broken bottle after an altercation in an akpeteshie bar Credo, Tema (Community 7) and died days later in Tema General Hospital at 02:30am on 2 November 1971. Three men were arrested by the Ghanaian police authorities following the death. Isaac Melfah, a 31-year-old Electrician was reported to have been the perpetrator.

In 1970, he was voted as the 9th best African football player by French football publication France-Football. A year later he was runner-up in the African football player of the year award.

During a qualifying game against the Liberian national football team in April 1970, the player had missiles thrown at him by the home crowd.

Mensah played in the 1967 Africa Clubs Cup final which resulted in a 3–3 draw and a replay was scheduled, however the Ghana Football Association never informed Asante Kotoko. As a result, Asante Kotoko did not participate in the replay and the trophy was awarded to Zaire's TP Engelbert in their absence.

Robert Mensah (12 June 1939 – 2 November 1971) was a Ghanaian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. As a player, he was best known for his exploits at Asante Kotoko F.C. where he won the African Clubs Cup in 1970. He was also a runner-up with the Ghana squad for the 1968 African Cup of Nations and represented Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics.