Robert Harrison | |
Fullname: | Robert Grieve Harrison |
Position: | Inside left |
Birth Date: | 1911 |
Birth Place: | Greenock, Scotland |
Death Place: | Greenock, Scotland |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors |
Years2: | 1930–1934 |
Clubs2: | Airdrieonians |
Caps2: | 65 |
Goals2: | 17 |
Years3: | 1934–1937 |
Clubs3: | Hamilton Academical |
Caps3: | 124 |
Goals3: | 72 |
Years4: | 1937–1939 |
Caps4: | 14 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Years5: | 1939–1941 |
Clubs5: | Hamilton Academical |
Caps5: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 203 |
Totalgoals: | 96 |
Nationalyears1: | 1935–1936 |
Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
Robert Grieve Harrison (1911–1950), sometimes known as Bertie Harrison,[1] was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left for Airdrieonians, Hamilton Academical and Rangers.[2] [3]
He played in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final for Accies, scoring his side's goal in a 2–1 defeat to Rangers,[4] and he was also selected for the Scottish Football League XI on two occasions (and a reserve for the full Scotland team during his spell in Hamilton.[5] His career was curtailed by World War II, in which he served in the Royal Air Force.[1] Health problems led to his withdrawal from the RAF and his retirement from sport (he had also been a keen golfer).[1]