Robert Smellie (22 December 1867 – 14 October 1951) was a Scottish footballer who played for Hamilton Academical,[1] Queen's Park,[2] Motherwell, St Bernard's, Corinthian[3] and Scotland, as a left back.[4][5] He was a Scottish Cup winner with Queen's Park in 1890 and 1893.[6] He was later the Queen's Park club president; away from football he was an auctioneer in the farming industry, working in a family business which continued into the 21st century.[7]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Smellie | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1867 | ||
| Place of birth | Blantyre, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 14 October 1951 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | East Kilbride, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Clydesdale Colts | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1884–1885 | Hamilton Academical | ||
| 1885–1895 | Queen's Park | ||
| 1895 | Motherwell | ||
| 1896 | St Bernards | ||
| 1903 | Hamilton Academical | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1887–1893 | Scotland | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His career has sometimes erroneously included details of another player of the same name who played in the same position for Annbank, Sunderland[8][9][10] and Walsall Town Swifts in the mid-1890s, based on the assumption that as an amateur he was able to move fairly freely between different clubs. However, that did not apply to professional English Football League clubs, and evidence such as both men playing matches for different clubs on the same day[11] shows them to be separate people.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Smellie, Robert (1903), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
- ^ Name: Smellie, Robert J., QPFC.com
- ^ Scottish Corinthians Archived 30 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Andrew Watson: Corinthian
- ^ (Smith 2013, p. 259)
- ^ Walter Arnott, Iain Campbell Whittle, Scots Football Worldwide
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Our History, LS Smellie & Sons
- ^ Robert Smellie, TheStatCat
- ^ Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. ISBN 9781899538157.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
- ^ Scottish Cup. | Annbank v. Hurlford—Final Ayrshire Cup. The Glasgow Herald, 15 February 1892
- Sources
- Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.
External links
edit- Bob Smellie at the Scottish Football Association
- Scotland profile, London Hearts Supporters Club
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