| Bob Craig | |
| Fullname: | Robert Craig |
| Birth Date: | 2 May 1886[1] |
| Birth Place: | Beith, Scotland |
| Death Date: | 19 April 1918 (aged 31) |
| Death Place: | Boulogne-sur-Mer, France |
| Position: | Full back |
| Years1: | –1906 |
| Clubs1: | Vale of Garnock Strollers |
| Years2: | 1906–1913 |
| Clubs2: | Celtic |
| Caps2: | 13 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1907 |
| Clubs3: | → Stenhousemuir (loan) |
| Years4: | 1908 |
| Clubs4: | → Kilmarnock (loan) |
| Years5: | 1908 |
| Clubs5: | → Morton (loan) |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1909 |
| Clubs6: | → Ayr (loan) |
| Clubs7: | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) |
| Clubs8: | → Carlisle United (loan) |
| Clubs9: | → Darlington (loan) |
| Years10: | 1910–1911 |
| Clubs10: | → Renton (loan) |
| Years11: | 1911 |
| Clubs11: | → Bo'ness (loan) |
| Years12: | 1911–1912 |
| Clubs12: | → Dundee Hibernian (loan) |
| Caps12: | 19 |
| Goals12: | 4 |
| Years13: | 1913 |
| Clubs13: | → Southend United (loan) |
| Years14: | 1913 |
| Clubs14: | → Abercorn (loan) |
| Years15: | 1913–1914 |
| Clubs15: | Abertillery |
Robert Craig (2 May 1886 – 19 April 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back in the Scottish Football League for Dundee Hibernian, Celtic and Morton.[2] [3]
Craig was born in May 1886 in Beith, Ayrshire, the son of William and Elizabeth Craig. His father was a French polisher.[4]
Robert Craig served as a private in the South Wales Borderers during the First World War and was wounded during a German attack at Messines, Belgium on 11 April 1918, during the German spring offensive.[5] He was moved to No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France and died on 19 April 1918, a few weeks shy of his 32rd birthday.[6] He was buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
| Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Celtic | 1906–07 | Scottish First Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[7] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1907–08 | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1908–09 | Scottish First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Morton (loan) | 1908–09[8] | Scottish First Division | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dundee Hibernian (loan) | 1911–12 | Scottish Second Division | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5[9] | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| Career total | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 4 | |||