Bob Young (Scottish footballer)

Bob Young
Personal information
Full name Robert M Young[1]
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Auchterarder, Scotland
Date of death 1970 (aged 83)[2]
Playing position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1921 Queen's Park 125 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Robert M "Bob" Young (1886–1970) was a Scottish amateur football full back who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1] He captained the club and after his retirement as a player was a member of the committee and acted as Honorary Treasurer.[2]

Personal life

Prior to the First World War, Young worked as an iron merchant’s clerk.[2] After Britain's entry into the war in August 1914, he enlisted as a lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry.[2] He was shot in the knee in 1917,[2] but the injury did not prevent him from returning to football before the end of the year.[1] Young moved to Manchester in 1929.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918" (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 14 October 2016.


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