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Bob Suart
Personal information
Full name Robert Suart[1]
Date of birth 1882
Place of birth Stockport, England[2]
Date of death 27 September 1918 (aged 35–36)[3]
Place of death Nord, France[3]
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Edgeley
1903–1908 Stockport County 142 (13)
1908–1911 Fulham 97 (1)
1911–1915 Port Vale 130 (4)
1915–1917 → Stockport County (guest) 22 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert "Bob" Suart (1882 – 27 September 1918) was an English professional football wing half who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Fulham.[1] He was killed in action in World War I.

Football career

Suart played for Stockport County and Fulham, before joining Central League club Port Vale in July 1911.[2] He helped the "Valeites" to win the Staffordshire Senior Cup in 1912, the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1913 and the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup in 1915.[2] Vale went into abeyance in 1915 and Suart began guesting for Stockport County.[2]

World War I

During the second year of the First World War in 1915, Suart enlisted as a private in the South Lancashire Regiment.[4] He transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment later that year and went on to see action at High Wood, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Arras and the Third Battle of Ypres during 1916 and 1917.[4] His division was transferred to the Italian Front following the Third Battle of Ypres, but returned to France in April 1918.[4] Suart was killed during a German counter-attack near Gouzeaucourt on 27 September 1918, just over six weeks before the Armistice.[4] He is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.[3]

Statistics

  • Sourced from Bob Suart at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stockport County 1903–04 Second Division 6 1 0 0 6 1
1904–05 Lancashire Combination
1905–06 Second Division 38 3 3 0 41 3
1906–07 Second Division 36 2 2 0 38 2
1907–08 Second Division 29 3 0 0 29 3
Fulham 1907–08 Second Division 6 1 0 0 6 1
1908–09 Second Division 35 0 1 0 36 0
1909–10 Second Division 33 0 3 0 36 0
1910–11 Second Division 23 0 1 0 24 0
Total 97 1 5 0 102 1
Port Vale 1911–12 Central League 30 0 0 0 30 0
1912–13 Central League 33 2 4 0 37 2
1913–14 Central League 32 2 8 1 40 3
1914–15 Central League 35 0 3 0 38 0
Total 130 4 15 1 145 5

Honours

with Port Vale

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 279. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 283. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  3. ^ a b c "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "Bob Suart - Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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