Robert Orr (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert McKissock Barnes Orr | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 1891[1] | ||
Place of birth | Hardgate, Scotland[2] | ||
Date of death | 2 June 1948 | (aged 57)||
Place of death | Clydebank, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Clydebank Juniors | ||
1909–1924 | Third Lanark | 392 | (31) |
1924–1926 | Morton | 68 | (6) |
1926–1928 | Crystal Palace | ||
1928–1929 | Dumbarton | 30 | (2) |
1929–1930 | Clydebank | 22 | (0) |
International career | |||
1919–1922 | Scottish League XI | 2 | (0) |
1919 | Scotland (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert McKissock Barnes Orr (26 January 1891 – 2 June 1948) was a Scottish footballer who played for as a left back.
Professional career
His longest spell at club level was 15 years with Third Lanark (this was interrupted by World War I, although the Scottish Football League continued); the closest he came to winning a trophy in this time was reaching two finals of the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1910 (lost on a tally of corners following a draw)[3] and 1914 (a 6–0 defeat to Celtic).[4]
Later in his career he also turned out for Morton, Dumbarton[5] and Clydebank, as well as for Crystal Palace in English football.[1][6]
Orr was selected to play for Scotland in an unofficial Victory International in 1919,[7] toured North America in 1921 with 'Scotland' (in reality, Third Lanark with a number of capable guest players)[8][9][10] and played twice for the Scottish Football League XI.[2]
References
- ^ a b Party At The Palace, David Orr, 31 March 2019
- ^ a b "[SFL player] Robert Orr". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Clyde V Third Lanark 1–1 (Glasgow Charity Cup Final: May 14, 1910, Play Up, Liverpool
- ^ Match report, The Scotsman, 13 May 1914 (via The Celtic Wiki)
- ^ Robert Orr, Sons Archive
- ^ Crystal Palace Player Database > Bobby Orr, Holmesdale.net
- ^ "[Scotland player] Robert Orr". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Neil Morrison (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" Tours: 1921 "Third Lanark's Scotland XI" - Canada and USA". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "When Third Lanark were Scotland". Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Scots on tour in 1921". Scottish Sport History. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- 1891 births
- 1948 deaths
- Scottish footballers
- Sportspeople from West Dunbartonshire
- People from Clydebank
- Association football fullbacks
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Clydebank F.C. players
- Clydebank F.C. (1914) players
- Third Lanark A.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Dumbarton F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- British military personnel of World War I
- Royal Army Service Corps soldiers
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Scotland wartime international footballers
- Scottish Football League representative players