Bob Barr (footballer, born 1865)

Robert Barr (1865 – 1935) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bury, Preston North End and Stoke.[1]

Bob Barr
Personal information
Full name Robert Barr[1]
Date of birth April 1865[1]
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland[1]
Date of death 1935 (aged 6970)[1]
Place of death Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1887 Hurlford United
1888–1889 Stoke 3 (0)
1889–1894 Abercorn 24 (14)
1894–1895 Preston North End 29 (9)
1895–1896 Bury 15 (6)
1896 Reading
1897 Abercorn 1 (0)
1900 Albion Rovers
1901 Barrow
Total 72 (29)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Barr started his career with Hurlford United before moving south of the border to Stoke in 1888 in time for the first season of the Football League.[1] Barr played three matches for Stoke before returning to Scotland with Abercorn where he would spend the next five years.[1][2] He re-entered English football again in 1894 with Preston North End and then with Bury a year later.[1]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke 1888–89[1] The Football League 300030
Preston North End 1894–95[3] First Division 28920309
1895–96[3] First Division 100010
Bury 1895–96[3] First Division 15631187
Career total 4715515216

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Bob Barr at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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