Bobby Keyes | |
Fullname: | Robert McCracken Keyes |
Height: | 5ft 8+1/2in |
Position: | Centre forward |
Birth Date: | 1910 |
Birth Place: | Bellshill, Scotland |
Death Place: | Airdrie, Scotland |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | Larkhall Thistle |
Years2: | 1932–1935 |
Clubs2: | Morton |
Caps2: | 88 |
Goals2: | 65 |
Years3: | 1935–1941 |
Clubs3: | Falkirk |
Caps3: | 140 |
Goals3: | 101 |
Years4: | – |
Totalcaps: | 228 |
Totalgoals: | 166 |
Nationalyears1: | 1939 |
Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Robert McCracken Keyes (1910–1970) was a Scottish footballer who played for Morton and Falkirk, mainly as a centre forward. He signed for Falkirk in January 1935, with the club being relegated at the end of that season; however he scored 30 goals from 25 appearances as the Bairns won the 1935–36 Scottish Division Two title to reclaim their place in the top tier, and then amassed a further 54 goals in 58 games over the next two seasons as they consolidated their place in Division One.[1] His career was curtailed by the outbreak of World War II, during which he played in unofficial competitions with Falkirk for 18 months, then for two years with Motherwell.[2]
Keyes was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI in 1939 (two days before the war began), scoring one of the goals in a 3–2 win over the Irish League.[3]