Robert Walker (Third Lanark footballer) explained

Robert Walker
Youthyears1:	–1875
Youthclubs1:	Queen's Park
Years1:	1875–1877
Clubs1:	3rd Lanark RV
Caps1:	0
Goals1:	0
Years2:	1877–1878
Clubs2:	Parkgrove
Caps2:	0
Goals2:	0
Totalcaps:	0
Totalgoals:	0

Robert Walker was a Scottish footballer who was one of the first black players of the sport.^[1] He played in the late 1870s for Parkgrove (alongside fellow black player Andrew Watson) and between 1875 and 1877 for 3rd Lanark RV (with whom he was a runner-up in the 1876 Scottish Cup Final).^{[2] [3]} He took part in two trials for the Scotland national football team (1876 and 1877),^{[4] [5]} but this did not lead to a full cap.^[6]

See also

• Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) – the first black person to play association football. Watson played for Maxwell, Parkgrove, and Queens Park before being capped for Scotland
• James Robertson (rugby union, born 1854) – the first black person to play rugby union. Robertson played for Royal HSFP and represented Edinburgh District in the 1870s.
• Willie Clarke (footballer) – the first black player to score in the English Football League, a Scottish footballer who played for Third Lanark in the late 1890s.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Strathbungo's Sharpshooters: Third Lanark. Andrew Downie. Bygone Bungo. 15 February 2017. 17 September 2018.
2. Web site: The world's earliest known black footballers. 17 August 2020. Richard McBrearty. Show Racism the Red Card.
3. Web site: Scotland's first black footballer: Robert Walker, the 'curly-haired son of Africa' . Scottish Sport History . 11 January 2021.
4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h0xEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rrEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6482%2C2841460 International Trial Match.
5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G_REAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O7cMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2584%2C3043432 Football. Matches Played On Saturday.
6. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.