| Bert Johnston | |
| Fullname: | Robert Johnston |
| Position: | Centre half |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1909 |
| Birth Place: | Falkirk, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Sunderland, England |
| Years1: | – |
| Years2: | 1929–1939 |
| Clubs2: | Sunderland |
| Caps2: | 146 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1937 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Robert Johnston (2 June 1909 – 27 September 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and Scotland as a central defender.[1]
Johnston made his debut for Sunderland on 25 April 1931 against West Ham United in a 3–0 win at Upton Park.[2] He joined Sunderland aged just 20 from the Scottish Junior leagues and found it hard to break into the team, though he played more regularly after others left.[3] Johnston played for Sunderland from 1929 until 1939 making 146 league appearances, without scoring a goal.[4] While on a squad tour to Spain in the summer of 1935, Johnston suffered from an attack of malaria;[5] he recovered to play a part in the club's Football League title-winning campaign in the 1935–36 season, as well as the 1936 FA Charity Shield[6] and the FA Cup victory at Wembley in 1937. Although his playing career was curtailed by the Second World War, he worked as a coach for Sunderland between 1951 and 1957.[3]
Johnston represented Scotland once, in a 5–0 victory against Czechoslovakia in 1937.[7]