Bobby Evans (footballer)

Bobby Evans
Personal information
Full name Robert Evans[1]
Date of birth (1927-07-16)16 July 1927
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 1 September 2001(2001-09-01) (aged 74)
Place of death Airdrie, Scotland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Pollok
– St Anthony's
1944–1960 Celtic 537 (11)
1960–1961 Chelsea 32 (0)
1961–1962 Newport County 31 (0)
1962–1963 Greenock Morton 31 (0)
1963–1965 Third Lanark 7 (1)
1965–1968 Raith Rovers 78 (0)
Total 563 (10)
International career
1948–1960 Scotland 48 (0)
1948–1960 Scottish Football League XI 25 (0)
1958[3] SFL trial v SFA 1 (0)
1959[4] SFA trial v SFL 1 (0)
Managerial career
1961–1962 Newport County
1964–1965 Third Lanark
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Evans (16 July 1927 – 1 September 2001) was a Scottish football player and manager, most notable for his time with Celtic.

  1. ^ "Bobby Evans". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Bobby Evans". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  3. ^ Scottish trial match at Easter Road Archived 9 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Glasgow Herald, 4 February 1958
  4. ^ The selectors still have problems Archived 20 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine, The Bulletin, 17 March 1959