Bobby Collins (footballer)

Bobby Collins
Personal information
Full name Robert Young Collins[1]
Date of birth (1931-02-16)16 February 1931
Place of birth Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 13 January 2014(2014-01-13) (aged 82)
Place of death Leeds, England
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Polmadie Hawthorn Juveniles
Pollok
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1958 Celtic 220 (81)
1958–1962 Everton 133 (42)
1960 → Southern Suburbs (loan)
1962–1967 Leeds United 149 (24)
1967–1969 Bury 75 (6)
1969–1971 Greenock Morton 55 (3)
1971 Ringwood City 6 (0)
1972 Melbourne Hakoah
1972 Ringwood City
1972–1973 Oldham Athletic 7 (0)
1973–1974 Shamrock Rovers 11 (1)
Total 650+ (157+)
International career
1950–1965 Scotland 31 (10)
1951–1958 Scottish League XI 16 (12)
1958[2] SFL trial v SFA 1 (0)
1959–1960[3][4] SFA trial v SFL 2 (0)
Managerial career
1974-1975 Huddersfield Town
1977–1978 Hull City
1984–1985 Barnsley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Young Collins (16 February 1931 – 13 January 2014) was a Scotland international football player, best known for his successful spells at Celtic, Everton and Leeds United.[5]

  1. ^ "Bobby Collins". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ Scottish trial match at Easter Road Archived 9 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Glasgow Herald, 4 February 1958
  3. ^ The selectors still have problems Archived 20 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine, The Bulletin, 17 March 1959
  4. ^ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "BOBBY COLLINS". Leeds United. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.