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Robert Howe (footballer)

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Robert Howe
Personal information
Date of birth 3 August 1903
Place of birth Dumbarton, Scotland
Date of death 20 June 1979(1979-06-20) (aged 75)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Left winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Shotts United
Petershill
1927–1932 Hamilton Academical 159 (48)
1932–1934 Hearts 16 (4)
1934–1937 Third Lanark 90 (19)
1937 Queen of the South 13 (1)
1937–1938 St Johnstone 14 (3)
1938–1939 Dundee United 18 (2)
Total 310 (77)
International career
1929 Scotland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Howe (3 August 1903 – 20 June 1979) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left winger.

Career

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Born in Dumbarton, Howe played club football for Hamilton Academical,[1] Hearts, Third Lanark, Queen of the South, St Johnstone and Dundee United, and made two appearances for Scotland[2][3] – he was the first serving Hamilton player to be capped for his country.[1]

At club level, his most notable achievements were winning Scottish Football League Division Two with Third Lanark in 1934–35 and reaching the final of the Scottish Cup with the club one year later (the match was lost to Rangers).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Howe, Bobby (1926), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  2. ^ Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 128.
  3. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Rangers Retain Scottish Cup, The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1936