Robert Parlane
Personal information
Date of birth 5 January 1847[1]
Place of birth Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Date of death 13 January 1918(1918-01-13) (aged 71)
Place of death Belfast, Ireland[2]
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Vale of Leven
International career
1878–1879 Scotland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Parlane (5 January 1847 – 13 January 1918) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in the Vale of Leven in Dunbartonshire, Parlane played club football for Vale of Leven, and made three appearances for Scotland.[3] He won the Scottish Cup three times in a row with Vale of Leven (1877–1879).[2]

Parlane was also a cricketer for the Vale of Leven Cricket Club.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  2. 1 2 3 "Death of Noted Scottish Goalkeeper". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 16 January 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 25 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 1 2 Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 237.
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