Robert Walker (Third Lanark footballer)
Youth career | |||
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–1875 | Queen's Park[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1875–1877 | Third Lanark | ||
1877–1878 | Parkgrove | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Robert Walker was a Scottish footballer who was one of the first black players of the sport.[2] He played in the late 1870s for Parkgrove (alongside fellow black player Andrew Watson) and between 1875-1877 for Third Lanark (with whom he was a runner-up in the 1876 Scottish Cup Final).[3][1] He took part in two trials for the Scotland national football team (1876 and 1877),[4][5] but this did not lead to a full cap.[6]
See also[]
- Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) - the first black person to play association football. Watson played for Maxwell, Parkgrove, and Queens Park before being capped for Scotland
- James Robertson (rugby union, born 1854) - the first black person to play rugby union. Robertson played for Royal HSFP and represented Edinburgh District in the 1870s.
- Willie Clarke (footballer) - the first black player to score in the English Football League, a Scottish footballer who played for Third Lanark in the late 1890s.
References[]
- ^ a b "Scotland's first black footballer: Robert Walker, the 'curly-haired son of Africa'". Scottish Sport History. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Andrew Downie (15 February 2017). "Strathbungo's Sharpshooters: Third Lanark". Bygone Bungo. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Richard McBrearty. "The world's earliest known black footballers". Show Racism the Red Card. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ International Trial Match., The Glasgow Herald, 21 February 1876
- ^ Football. | Matches Played On Saturday., The Glasgow Herald, 19 February 1877
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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