Bob Young (Scottish footballer)
Robert Miller Young (1886–1970) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a full back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[2] He captained the club and after his retirement as a player was a member of the committee and acted as Honorary Treasurer.[1] Young also played for Motherwell and Clyde.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Miller Young[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Auchterarder, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1970 (aged 83)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1906–1921 | Queen's Park | 127 | (1) |
| 1917–1918 | → Clyde (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1918–1919 | → Motherwell (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Personal life
Young was the older brother of footballer John Young.[4] Prior to the First World War, he worked as an iron merchant's clerk.[1] After Britain's entry into the war in August 1914, Young enlisted as a private in the Highland Light Infantry and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in late 1915.[1][5] Young was shot in the knee in 1917 and evacuated to a hospital in London,[1] but the injury did not prevent him from returning to football before the end of the year.[2] He moved to Manchester in 1929.[1]
References
- McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017 – Appendix 1" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- "Young, Robert M". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – Update On Some Of The 236 Queen's Park Men Now Known To Have Served As At January 2020" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- Bob Young on Lives of the First World War