Bob Young (footballer, born 1886)

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Bob Young
Personal information
Full name Robert K. Young [1]
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Guardbridge, Scotland
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Vale of Eden
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1907 Dundee Violet
1907–1920 Bristol City 168 (0)
International career
1907 Scotland Juniors 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert K. Young was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 160 Football League appearances for Bristol City before and after the First World War as a right back. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 323. ISBN   978-1905891610.
  2. "Scotland Junior Internationals". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. Woods, David; Leigh Edwards (1997). Bristol City Football Club – The First 100 Years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN   1-900178-26-5.
  4. Woods, David (1994). The Bristol Babe – The First 100 Years Of Bristol City F.C. Yore Publications. ISBN   1-874427-95-X.
  5. "Young Robert Bristol City 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 15 April 2020.