Bob Barr | |
Fullname: | Robert Barr |
Birth Date: | April 1865 |
Birth Place: | Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Death Place: | Scotland |
Position: | Centre forward |
Years1: | 1887 |
Years2: | 1888–1889 |
Clubs2: | Stoke |
Caps2: | 3 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1889–1894 |
Clubs3: | Abercorn |
Caps3: | 24 |
Goals3: | 14 |
Years4: | 1894–1895 |
Clubs4: | Preston North End |
Caps4: | 29 |
Goals4: | 9 |
Years5: | 1895–1896 |
Clubs5: | Bury |
Caps5: | 15 |
Goals5: | 6 |
Years6: | 1896 |
Clubs6: | Reading |
Years7: | 1897 |
Clubs7: | Abercorn |
Caps7: | 1 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 1900 |
Years9: | 1901 |
Clubs9: | Barrow |
Totalcaps: | 72 |
Totalgoals: | 29 |
Robert Barr (1865–1935) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bury, Preston North End and Stoke.[1]
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] [2] He re-entered English football again in 1894 with Preston North End and then with Bury a year later.[1]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Stoke | 1888–89 | The Football League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Preston North End | 1894–95 | First Division | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | |
1895–96 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bury | 1895–96 | First Division | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | |
Career total | 47 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 16 |