Robert Orr | |
Fullname: | Robert McKissock Barnes Orr |
Position: | Left back |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1891[1] |
Birth Place: | Hardgate, Scotland |
Death Place: | Clydebank, Scotland |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | Clydebank Juniors |
Years2: | 1909–1924 |
Clubs2: | Third Lanark |
Caps2: | 392 |
Goals2: | 31 |
Years3: | 1924–1926 |
Clubs3: | Morton |
Caps3: | 68 |
Goals3: | 6 |
Years4: | 1926–1928 |
Clubs4: | Crystal Palace |
Caps4: | 70 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Years5: | 1928–1929 |
Clubs5: | Dumbarton |
Caps5: | 30 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Years6: | 1929–1930 |
Clubs6: | Clydebank |
Caps6: | 22 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 582 |
Totalgoals: | 41 |
Nationalyears1: | 1919–1922 |
Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1919 |
Nationalteam2: | Scotland (wartime) |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Robert McKissock Barnes Orr (26 January 1891 – 2 June 1948) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back.
His longest spell at club level was 15 years with Third Lanark[2] (this was interrupted by World War I, although the Scottish Football League continued); the closest he came to winning a trophy in this time was reaching two finals of the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1910 (lost on a tally of corners following a draw)[3] and 1914 (a 6–0 defeat to Celtic),[4] and the final of the Glasgow Cup in 1923 (a loss to Rangers).[5]
Later in his career he also turned out for Morton, Dumbarton[6] and Clydebank, as well as for Crystal Palace in English football, for whom he made 70 league appearances, scoring twice.[1] [7] [8]
Orr was selected to play for Scotland in an unofficial Victory International in 1919,[9] played twice for the Scottish Football League XI[10] and toured North America in 1921[11] [12] [13] and South America in 1923[14] [15] with 'Scotland' (in reality, Third Lanark with a number of capable guest players).