Bobby Blair (footballer)

Bobby Blair

Personal information
Place of birth	Helensburgh, Scotland
Position(s)	Center forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–1925	Helensburgh
1925–1927	Boston	113	(91)
1928–1929	Fall River Marksmen	36	(21)
1929	J&P Coats	15	(5)
1929	Boston	4	(2)
1929	New Bedford Whalers	19	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bobby Blair was a Scottish association football center forward who spent most of his career in the American Soccer League.

Blair played for Helensburgh F.C. which competed in the Scottish Football League Third Division. In 1925, Blair left Scotland to sign with the Boston Soccer Club of the American Soccer League. He did this although he was still under contract to Helensburgh. When Blair arrived, he quickly established himself as a prolific goalscorer. During the 1925–26 season, he scroed thirty-six goals in thirty-three games, putting him third on the scoring chart. His form continued the next season when he averaged a goal a game. In 1927, he began the season with Boston, but moved to the Fall River Marksmen after nine games. In 1928, he again began the season with one team, the Marksmen, but then played for two more: J&P Coats and Boston again. In 1929, he finished his professional career with the New Bedford Whalers which competed part of the season in the ASL and part in the Eastern Professional Soccer League.

External links

• Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921–1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).