Robert Harvey (born 23 May 1955)[1] is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward. He played for Clyde during the 1970s, making 72 appearances (13 goals) in the Scottish Football League. He had played in an under-18 Schoolboy international for Scotland while a pupil at Holy Cross High School in Hamilton[2] and later played at Junior level for Bellshill Athletic after leaving Clyde.[3]
After retiring from playing, Harvey retained an interest in football. A supporter of Celtic[4] raised in Rutherglen, he had a biography of Bobby Murdoch – from the same town and considered one of its finest sporting products, as well as one of the club's best ever players – published in 2010.[5] Harvey also published a website inviting other residents of the town to nominate 'Rutherglen's Greatest Player' (Murdoch won the vote)[6] and compiled the 15,000 responses in another book published in 2012.[7] He also became a leading volunteer and contributor for the local Football Memories groups[4] (an initiative to use sporting recollections to help combat dementia,[8] a condition which afflicted his mother),[4] and has helped to publicise the sport of walking football in the Glasgow area.[9]
References
edit- ^ Opposition player Bobby Harvey, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Wee Scots in dour battle Evening Times, 13 May 1973 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
- ^ Clyde: 1946/47 - 2013/14 Archived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ a b c How old Celtic photos trigger so many powerful memories, The Celtic Star, 18 June 2018
- ^ Books - Bobby Murdoch: The Bhoy from Rutherglen (2010), The Celtic Wiki
- ^ Home, Rutherglen's Greatest Player
- ^ Book details greatest footballers to come from Rutherglen, Daily Record, 29 August 2012
- ^ About the project, Football Memories
- ^ Alzheimer Scotland creates walking football league, Alzheimer Scotland, 27 June 2019
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