Robert McNeill | |
Position: | Full back |
Birth Date: | 21 November 1873[1] |
Birth Place: | Scotland |
Youthclubs1: | Port Victoria |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors |
Years2: | 1893–1894 |
Caps2: | 15 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 1894–1901 |
Caps3: | 142 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1901–1902 |
Clubs4: | Greenock Morton |
Caps4: | 4 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 160 |
Totalgoals: | 1 |
Robert McNeill (born 21 November 1873) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland as a full back.[2]
Having transferred from Clyde, McNeill made his Sunderland debut against Burnley on 8 September 1894 in a 3–0 win at Newcastle Road. he played for the club between 1894 and 1901 and won an English Football League Championship medal in 1895.[3] He also won the 1895 World Championship. He left Sunderland to sign for Morton in 1901,[3] after making 142 league appearances with no goals.[4]