Robert Findlay (footballer)

Robert Findlay (29 March 1877 – 13 August 1926) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left for Kilmarnock (two spells),[1] Celtic,[2] Dundee, Motherwell,[3] Hamilton Academical,[4] Port Glasgow Athletic,[5] St Bernard's (on loan) and Scotland.[6]

Robert Findlay
Personal information
Date of birth 29 March 1877
Place of birth Galston, Scotland
Date of death 13 August 1926(1926-08-13) (aged 49)
Place of death Bayonne, United States
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Kilmarnock Rugby XI
1896–1900 Kilmarnock  51 (25)
1900–1901 Celtic  14 (6)
1901–1904 Kilmarnock  27 (8)
1904–1905 Dundee  7 (1)
1905–1907 Motherwell  22 (10)
1907–1908 Hamilton Academical  7 (2)
1908–1910 Port Glasgow Athletic 75 (21)
– → St Bernard's (loan)  
Total 201 (73)
International career
1898 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his first spell at Kilmarnock, he won the Scottish Football League Division Two title twice, played in the 1898 Scottish Cup Final (a defeat at the hands of Rangers) and gained his sole international cap in the same year.[7] With Port Glasgow, he was a Renfrewshire Cup winner in 1909 (scoring the winning goal in the final).[8] His 'big move' to Celtic was disrupted by injury, and this also affected other spells including a return to Kilmarnock.[4]

Findlay emigrated to New Jersey with his family around 1914; his son William represented the United States men's national soccer team at the Olympic Games in 1924 and 1928.[4] His younger brother Tom was also a footballer,[4] and a teammate of Robert at Kilmarnock, Motherwell and Port Glasgow Athletic.[7]

References
  1. (Kilmarnock player) Findlay, Robert, FitbaStats
  2. (Celtic player) Findlay, Robert, FitbaStats
  3. Robert Findlay, MotherWELLnet
  4. Findlay, Bob (1907), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  5. "Port Glasgow Athletic Player Robert Findlay Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  6. (Smith 2013, p. 85)
  7. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. Port Glasgow Athletic v Morton 2-1 (Renfrewshire Cup Final: April 30, 1909), Play Up Liverpool
Sources
  • Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.
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