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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 1 2 3 Bob Barr at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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