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Bob Young
Personal information
Full name Robert Miller Young[1]
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Auchterarder, Scotland
Date of death 1970 (aged 83)[1]
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1921 Queen's Park 127 (1)
1917–1918 → Clyde (loan) 1 (0)
1918–1919 → Motherwell (loan) 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Miller Young (1886–1970) was a Scottish amateur football full back who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[2] He captained the club and after his retirement as a player was a member of the committee and acted as Honorary Treasurer.[1] Young also played for Motherwell and Clyde.[3]

Personal life

Young was the older brother of footballer John Young.[4] Prior to the First World War, he worked as an iron merchant's clerk.[1] After Britain's entry into the war in August 1914, Young enlisted as a private in the Highland Light Infantry and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in late 1915.[1][5] Young was shot in the knee in 1917 and evacuated to a hospital in London,[1] but the injury did not prevent him from returning to football before the end of the year.[2] He moved to Manchester in 1929.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g McCrossan, Frank. "QUEEN'S PARK AND THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918 – THE QUEEN'S PARK MEN WHO SERVED AND SURVIVED AS AT APRIL 2017 – APPENDIX 1" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. ^ McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – Update On Some Of The 236 Queen's Park Men Now Known To Have Served As At January 2020" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. ^ Bob Young on Lives of the First World War


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