Bob Blyth

Bob Blyth
Personal information
Full name Robert Fleming Blyth
Date of birth 16 October 1869[1]
Place of birth Glenbuck, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of death 7 February 1941(1941-02-07) (aged 71)[2]
Place of death Milton, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England[3]
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
Glenbuck Cherrypickers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Middlesbrough Ironopolis
1891–1894 Rangers 10 (2)
1894–1899 Preston North End 114 (8)
1897 Dundee 9 (2)
1899–1901 Portsmouth
Total 133 (12)
Managerial career
1901–1904 Portsmouth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Fleming Blyth (16 October 1869 – 7 February 1941) was a Scottish footballer and manager for Portsmouth from 1901 to 1904.[2]

  1. ^ "1869 BLYTH, ROBERT FLEMING (Statutory registers Births 607/ 109)". ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2017. Robert Fleming Blyth, born 1869 October Sixteenth, Glenbuck, Muirkirk parish, son of James Blyth, coal miner, and Janet Blyth (Fleming)
  2. ^ a b "Death of Mr. R. Blyth - One of Football's Personalities". Portsmouth Evening News. 8 February 1941. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  3. ^ Estate left to Robert Roberts Taylor Blyth at St James Hospital Milton Portsmouth; England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995