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| Other names | Bobby [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Hamilton & Thornyhill CC [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 3 (1964, 1972, 1974) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert "Bobby" Kirkland (born c. 1936) [3] is a Scottish curler. He is a 1964 World men's championship silver medallist [4] and three-time Scottish men's champion.
Kirkland and the entirety of his 1964 Scottish champion rink were farmers from Hamilton. [3]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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| 1963–64 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | SMCC 1964  WCC 1964  |
| 1964–65 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | EInt. 1965 |
| 1966–67 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | EInt. 1967 |
| 1967–68 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | EInt. 1968 |
| 1971–72 | Alex F. Torrance | Alex A. Torrance | Robert Kirkland | Jimmy Waddell | SMCC 1972 WCC 1972 (4th) |
| 1973–74 | Jimmy Waddell | Jim Steele | Robert Kirkland | Willie Frame | SMCC 1974 WCC 1974 (8th) |
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