Robert Calderwood

Robert Calderwood
Personal information
Full name Robert Calderwood
Date of birth 4 October 1862
Place of birth Busby, Scotland
Date of death 13 May 1939(1939-05-13) (aged 76)
Place of death Busby, Scotland
Positions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1879–1882 Cartvale
1882–1883 Paisley Athletic
1883–1886 Cartvale
1886–1887 Cowlairs
1887 Bootle
1889–1890 Cowlairs
1890–1891 Newcastle West End
1891–1892 Thistle
1892–1894 Cartvale
International career
1885 Scotland 3 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Calderwood (4 October 1862 – 13 May 1939) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left or centre forward for Cartvale (1878 club), Cowlairs, Bootle, Newcastle West End, Thistle, Cartvale (1892 club) and Scotland.

Calderwood scored three goals for Scotland in the 1884–85 British Home Championship. He was later suspended for two years by the Scottish Football Association . The suspension was imposed because he was judged to have become a professional after signing for English club Bootle. This came to light after he made an appearance for Cowlairs in the (amateur-only) 1887–88 Scottish Cup, despite having already turned professional. He returned to play at a high level after this suspension.

Notes

  1. 1 2 The SFA website and London Hearts website credit Calderwood with two goals against Wales; Andy Mitchell's book and John Litster's files assign the first of these to William Anderson.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  2. 1 2 (Smith 2013, p. 45)
  3. ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  4. ↑ John McPherson and the Kilmarnock Connection, ToffeeWeb, 21 February 2019
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