Robert Abbie Orrock (25 May 1885 – 1969) was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender.
Personal information | |||
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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 |
Career
editBorn 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.
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(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