Bob Barr (footballer)

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Bob Barr
Personal information
Full name Robert Barr[1]
Date of birth April 1865[1]
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland[1]
Date of death 1935 (aged 6970)[1]
Place of death Scotland
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hurlford United
1888–1889 Stoke 3 (0)
1889–1894 Abercorn
1894–1895 Preston North End 29 (9)
1895–1896 Bury 15 (6)
Total 47 (15)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Robert "Bob" Barr (1865–1935) was a Scottish association football footballer who played in the Football League for Bury, Preston North End and Stoke.[1]

Career

Barr started his career with Hurlford United before moving south of the border to Stoke in 1888 in time for the first season of the Football League.[1] Barr played three matches for Stoke before returning to Scotland with Abercorn where he would spend the next five years.[1] He re-entered English football again in 1894 with Preston North End and then with Bury a year later.[1]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke[1] 1888–89 300030
Preston North End 1894–95 28920309
1895–96 100010
Bury 1895–96 15631187
Career Total 4715515216

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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