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Andrew Raisbeck

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Andrew Raisbeck
Personal information
Full name Andrew Brown Raisbeck
Date of birth 10 April 1881[1][2]
Place of birth Slamannan, Scotland
Date of death 23 October 1958(1958-10-23) (aged 77)[1]
Place of death Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Position(s) Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Larkhall Thistle
1900–1901 Hibernian 11 (3)
1901–1902 Dundee 0 (0)
1902 Queens Park Rangers
1902–1904 Liverpool 0 (0)
1904–1907[2] Hull City 47 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Brown Raisbeck (10 April 1881 – 23 October 1958) was a Scottish professional footballer of the early 1900s who played for clubs including Hibernian and Hull City.

Career

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Born in Slamannan (then in Stirlingshire) but raised in a mining community near Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire,[3][4] Raisback began his football career as a teenager with Larkhall Thistle, alongside elder brothers Bill (later of Clyde, Sunderland and Falkirk) and Alex (later captain of Liverpool, Partick Thistle and Scotland).[5]

In 1900 he followed the route into the professional level taken by Alex and joined Hibernian, making 11 Scottish Football League appearances for the side which finished 3rd in the table.[6] The following year he joined Dundee but did not make a league appearance, spending the end of the campaign with Queens Park Rangers in England.[2] Ultimately, however, he next signed for Liverpool where his brother Alex was already an established player. He spent two years with the Anfield club but never appeared for the first team.[2]

In 1904, he transferred to the newly formed Hull City.[7][8] They did not play in official competitions in their first year, but their many friendlies included a home meeting with Liverpool which the visitors won 6–2.[9] Over the next two campaigns in the Football League Second Division, Raisbeck made 47 league appearances and scored 5 goals, including one in a 4–0 victory over West Bromwich Albion.[10]

Personal life

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In 1907, Raisbeck decided to leave Hull City and emigrate to a new life in Canada,[11] accompanied by many of his family members including his footballing brother Bill.[2][12] He died in 1958 in British Columbia.[1]

In addition to the three brothers, their cousin Luke Raisbeck was also a footballer who played for several clubs including West Ham United and Blackpool.[13][14]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Andrew Brown Raisbeck". Raisbeck History. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Andrew Brown Raisbeck". Play up, Liverpool. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Alex Raisbeck – The Silent man of football speaks! – Chapter I". LFC History. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Ordnance Survey 6 inch, 1892-1914 (Bardykes Rows)". Explore georeferenced maps. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Alex Raisbeck". LFC History. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Hibernian player Andrew Raisbeck". FitbaStats. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Andrew Raisbeck transferred to Hull". Hull Daily Mail. 3 August 1904. Retrieved 25 September 2018 – via Play up, Liverpool.
  8. ^ "Liverpool v Hull City: Players in common". City Independent. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Liverpool Draw Record Crowd to Hull". The Anfielders. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Hull City v West Bromwich Albion". Albion Till We Die. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Andrew Raisbeck leaves for Canada". Hull Daily Mail. 27 April 1907. Retrieved 25 September 2018 – via Play up, Liverpool.
  12. ^ Meffen, John. "Pen Pic – William Raisbeck – Falkirk FC – 1907". Falkirk Football Historian. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Luke "Lou" Raisbeck". TheyFlySoHigh. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  14. ^ "Luke Raisbeck". Raisbeck History. Retrieved 25 September 2018.