Bob Smellie
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Smellie | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1867 | ||
| Place of birth | Blantyre, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 14 October 1951 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | East Kilbride, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Clydesdale Colts | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1884–1885 | Hamilton Academical | ||
| 1885–1892 | Queen's Park | ||
| 1892–1893 | Sunderland | 22 | (0) |
| 1893 | → Queen's Park (loan) | ||
| 1893–1894 | Walsall Town Swifts | ||
| 1893–1894 | → Queen's Park (loan) | ||
| 1895 | Motherwell | ||
| 1895 | Queen's Park | ||
| 1896 | St Bernards | ||
| 1903 | Hamilton Academical | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1887–1893 | Scotland | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Robert Smellie (22 December 1867 – 14 October 1951) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland,[1] Hamilton Academical,[2] Queen's Park,[3] Motherwell, St Bernard's, Corinthian[4] and Scotland, as a left back.[5][6][7] He was a Scottish Cup winner with Queen's Park in 1890 and 1893, and won the English Football League championship with Sunderland in 1892–93.[8] He was later the Queen's Park club president; away from football he was an auctioneer in the farming industry, working in a family business which continued into the 21st century.[9]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Robert Smellie, TheStatCat
- ^ Smellie, Robert (1903), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
- ^ Name: Smellie, Robert J., QPFC.com
- ^ Scottish Corinthians, Andrew Watson: Corinthian
- ^ (Smith 2013, p. 259)
- ^ Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. ISBN 9781899538157.
- ^ Walter Arnott, Iain Campbell Whittle, Scots Football Worldwide
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ Our History, LS Smellie & Sons
- Sources
- Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.
External links[]
- Bob Smellie at the Scottish Football Association
- Scotland profile, London Hearts Supporters Club
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- 1867 births
- 1951 deaths
- Sportspeople from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
- Scottish footballers
- Scotland international footballers
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Corinthian F.C. players
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- St Bernard's F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Association football fullbacks
- Chairmen and investors of football clubs in Scotland
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