Robert Orrock
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Abbie Orrock | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Kinghorn, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1969 (aged 83–84) | ||
| Place of death | Coatbridge, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kinghorn Thistle[2] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Forth Rangers | |||
| 1906–1908 | East Stirlingshire | 41 | (4) |
| 1908–1917 | Falkirk | 195 | (1) |
| 1917–1919 | St Mirren | 37 | (0) |
| 1919–1923 | Alloa Athletic | 65 | (0) |
| 1919–1920 | → East Stirlingshire (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1923–1925 | East Stirlingshire | 37 | (0) |
| Total | 375 | (5) | |
| International career | |||
| 1913 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert Abbie Orrock (25 May 1885 – 1969) was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender.
Career[edit]
Born in Kinghorn, Fife, Orrock played club football for East Stirlingshire (two spells), Falkirk, St Mirren and Alloa Athletic.[3][4][5] He won the Scottish Cup with Falkirk in 1913 during a nine-year spell at the club,[1][6] and made one appearance for Scotland in 1913;[1] a decade later he was a guest member of Third Lanark'a squad which toured South America.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 236.
- ^ Pen Pic - Robert Orrock - East Stirlingshire FC, Falkirk Football Historian, 15 June 2016
- ^ Robert Orrock, Falkirk Football Historian, 9 March 2013
- ^ Orrock Bobby Image 1 Falkirk 1913, Vintage Footballers
- ^ Willie Millar transferred to Alloa Athletic, Dundee Courier, 30 July 1919, via Play Up Liverpool
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923, Pablo Ciullini, RSSSF, 19 August 2020
- ^ Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy, David Potter; Black & White Publishing, 2009; ISBN 9781845025786
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Categories:
- 1885 births
- Footballers from Fife
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scotland men's international footballers
- East Stirlingshire F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- St Mirren F.C. players
- Alloa Athletic F.C. players
- Men's association football defenders
- 1969 deaths
- Third Lanark A.C. players
- Scottish football defender, 1880s birth stubs