Bobby Templeton (footballer, born 1880)

Bobby Templeton
Personal information
Full name Robert Bryson Templeton[1]
Date of birth (1880-03-29)29 March 1880
Place of birth Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of death 2 November 1919(1919-11-02) (aged 39)
Place of death Kilmarnock, Scotland
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Kilmarnock Rugby XI[2]
1898–1903 Aston Villa   64 (10)
1903–1904 Newcastle United  51 (4)
1904–1906 Woolwich Arsenal  33 (1)
1906–1907 Celtic  29 (5)
1907–1913 Kilmarnock  163 (11)
1913–1915 Fulham  
1915 Kilmarnock  
International career
1902–1913 Scotland 11 (1)
1909–1910 Scottish Football League XI 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Bryson Templeton (29 March 1880 – 2 November 1919) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played as an outside right for Aston Villa,[3] Newcastle United,[4] Woolwich Arsenal,[5] Celtic,[6] Kilmarnock[7] and Fulham.[8]

He represented the Scotland eleven times between 1902 and 1913. His first international would have been on 5 April 1902, but the match was declared void after 26 spectators died during the first Ibrox disaster.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Bobby Templeton". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ Junior International records, ScottishLeague.net, 21 January 2019
  3. ^ Templeton, Robert Bryson (Bobby), Aston Villa Player Database
  4. ^ Player Profile: Robert Bryson Templeton, Toon1892
  5. ^ "Arsenal First Team Line-Ups". The Arsenal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  6. ^ Celtic player Templeton, Robert, FitbaStats
  7. ^ Kilmarnock player Templeton, Bob, FitbaStats
  8. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ [1], London Hearts Supporters Club
  10. ^ Bobby Templeton, Spartacus Educational