Bob Morton | |
Fullname: | Robert Muir Morton |
Birth Date: | 25 February 1891 |
Birth Place: | Renfrew, Scotland |
Death Place: | Cathcart, Scotland |
Position: | Centre forward |
Years1: | 1912–1920 |
Clubs1: | Queen's Park |
Caps1: | 134 |
Goals1: | 82 |
Robert Muir Morton (25 February 1891 – 4 December 1948) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a forward and scored 82 goals in 134 Scottish League appearances for Queen's Park.[1] [2]
Morton's younger brother Alan also became a footballer and the pair were teammates for six seasons at Queen's Park.[3] [4] [5]
Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Queen's Park | 1912–13 | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1913–14 | 31 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 1[6] | 2 | 37 | 28 | |||
1915–16 | 31 | 15 | — | 2[7] | 0 | 33 | 15 | ||||
1916–17 | 12 | 5 | — | 2[8] | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||||
1917–18 | 19 | 15 | — | 3[9] | 0 | 22 | 15 | ||||
1918–19 | 26 | 21 | — | 5[10] | 2 | 31 | 23 | ||||
1919–20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | |||
Career total | 134 | 82 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 155 | 91 |