Robert Orrock Explained

Robert Orrock
Fullname:Robert Abbie Orrock
Birth Date:25 May 1885
Birth Place:Kinghorn, Scotland
Death Place:Coatbridge, Scotland
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:Kinghorn Thistle[1]
Clubs1:Forth Rangers
Years2:1906–1908
Clubs2:East Stirlingshire
Caps2:41
Goals2:4
Years3:1908–1917
Clubs3:Falkirk
Caps3:195
Goals3:1
Years4:1917–1919
Clubs4:St Mirren
Caps4:37
Goals4:0
Years5:1919–1923
Clubs5:Alloa Athletic
Caps5:65
Goals5:0
Years6:1919–1920
Clubs6:East Stirlingshire (loan)
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Years7:1923–1925
Caps7:37
Goals7:0
Totalcaps:375
Totalgoals:5
Nationalyears1:1913
Nationalteam1:Scotland
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Robert Abbie Orrock (25 May 1885 – 1969) was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Born in Kinghorn, Fife, Orrock played club football for East Stirlingshire (two spells), Falkirk, St Mirren and Alloa Athletic.[2] [3] [4] He won the Scottish Cup with Falkirk in 1913 during a nine-year spell at the club,[5] and made one appearance for Scotland in 1913;[6] a decade later he was a guest member of Third Lanark'a squad which toured South America.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.falkirk-football-history.co.uk/2016/06/pen-pic-robert-orrock-east-stirlingshire.html?m=1 Pen Pic - Robert Orrock - East Stirlingshire FC
  2. http://www.falkirk-football-history.co.uk/2013/03/robert-orrock.html?m=1 Robert Orrock
  3. https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/orrock-bobby-image-1-falkirk-1913/ Orrock Bobby Image 1 Falkirk 1913
  4. https://playupliverpool.com/1919/07/30/willie-millar-transferred-to-alloa-athletic/ Willie Millar transferred to Alloa Athletic
  5. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  6. Book: Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Paul Smith. Pitch Publishing. 2013. 236.
  7. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/3rdlanark-satrip23.html Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=1xojAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22willie+frame%22+motherwell&pg=PT52 Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy