George Robertson (footballer, born 1885)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Clark Robertson | ||
Date of birth | 7 March 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Menstrie, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 10 May 1937 | (aged 52)||
Place of death | Providence, Rhode Island, United States | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Youth career | |||
Menstrie Victoria | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Yoker Athletic | ||
1906–1910 | Motherwell | 123 | (25) |
1910–1920 | The Wednesday | 163 | (30) |
1920–1921 | East Fife | ||
Total | 286 | (55) | |
International career | |||
1910–1913 | Scotland | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Clark Robertson[1] (7 March 1885 – 10 May 1937)[2][3] was a Scottish footballer who played for Yoker Athletic, Motherwell, The Wednesday[4] and East Fife.[5] Robertson also represented Scotland four times, between 1910 and 1913.[6][7][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ McLaughlin, Martyn (3 January 2015). "The Scotland game that was nearly life and death". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ "George Clark Robertson 1st Motherwell Cap". www.scottishleague.net. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ "George Robertson (I)". www.motherwellnet.co.uk. Stuart Barr and Kevin Tweedlie. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ George Robertson, The Sheffield Wednesday Archive
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
- ^ "[Scotland player] George Robertson". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ Ireland v Scotland 1913, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 17 March 2014
- ^ Wings of Steel. Iain Paterson. eBook Partnership, 2014; ISBN 9781909626874. Retrieved 16 February 2022
Categories:
- 1885 births
- 1937 deaths
- Footballers from Clackmannanshire
- Scottish men's footballers
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Yoker Athletic F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- East Fife F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Scottish emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1880s birth stubs