Robert Orrock

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)
Position Defender
Youth career
Kinghorn Thistle
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

Born in Kinghorn, Fife, Orrock played club football for East Stirlingshire (two spells), Falkirk, St Mirren and Alloa Athletic. He won the Scottish Cup with Falkirk in 1913 during a nine-year spell at the club, and made one appearance for Scotland in 1913; a decade later he was a guest member of Third Lanark'a squad which toured South America.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 236.
  2. ↑ Pen Pic - Robert Orrock - East Stirlingshire FC, Falkirk Football Historian, 15 June 2016
  3. ↑ Robert Orrock, Falkirk Football Historian, 9 March 2013
  4. ↑ Orrock Bobby Image 1 Falkirk 1913, Vintage Footballers
  5. ↑ Willie Millar transferred to Alloa Athletic, Dundee Courier, 30 July 1919, via Play Up Liverpool
  6. ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ↑ Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923, Pablo Ciullini, RSSSF, 19 August 2020
  8. ↑ Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy, David Potter; Black & White Publishing, 2009; ISBN 9781845025786