Bob Crumley Explained

Bob Crumley
Fullname:Robert Walker Crumley
Birth Name:Robert Walker Brymer[1]
Birth Date:20 May 1876
Birth Place:Lochee, Scotland
Death Date:[2]
Death Place:Dundee, Scotland
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1899–1902
Clubs1:Dundee Victoria
Years2:1902–1903
Clubs2:Lochee United
Years3:1903–1907
Clubs3:Newcastle United
Caps3:4
Goals3:0
Years4:1907–1911
Clubs4:Dundee
Caps4:131
Goals4:0
Years5:1911–1912
Clubs5:Darlington
Years6:1912–1913
Clubs6:Dundee
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Years7:1913–1914
Clubs7:Arbroath
Caps7:30
Goals7:0

Robert Walker Crumley (20 May 1876 – 27 January 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 130 appearances in the Scottish League for Dundee as a goalkeeper.[3] [4]

Personal life

Crumley's younger brother James was also a goalkeeper.[5] After service with the Gordon Highlanders during the Second Boer War, Crumley served as a sergeant in the Black Watch during the First World War and saw action on the Western Front and at Salonika.[6] He ended the war in the Labour Corps.[7] Crumley received a war pension for malaria and rheumatism.

Career statistics

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SeasonLeagueNational cupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newcastle United1904–05[8] First Division100010
1905–06First Division300030
Total400040
Dundee1906–07[9] Scottish First Division200020
1907–08Scottish First Division34040380
1908–09Scottish First Division33030360
1909–10Scottish First Division310100410
1910–11Scottish First Division31040350
Total13102101520
Career total13502101560
  1. Web site: Statutory registers – Births – Search results [entry mis-spelled as Bremner] ]. 25 August 2020 . ScotlandsPeople.
  2. Web site: Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results . 25 August 2020 . ScotlandsPeople.
  3. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 978-1905891610 . Nottingham . 71.
  4. Web site: Bob Crumley Player Statistics . 17 March 2024 . Arbroath Archive . en.
  5. News: 12 September 1911 . J. Crumley signs for Dundee Hibs . 7 . The Courier . Dundee . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Web site: Newcastle United Footballers in the Great War . 27 October 2019 . North East War Memorials Project.
  7. Web site: Robert Walker Brymer Crumley Service Record . 1 December 2022 . Football and the First World War . en-US.
  8. Web site: Bob Crumley . 27 October 2019 . 11v11.com.
  9. Book: Litster, John . Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players . PM Publications . Norwich.

Honours

Dundee