Robert Parlane

Robert Parlane
Personal information
Date of birth 5 January 1847
Place of birth Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Date of death 13 January 1918(1918-01-13) (aged 71)
Place of death Belfast, Ireland
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Vale of Leven
International career
1878–1879 Scotland 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Parlane (5 January 1847 – 13 January 1918) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in the Vale of Leven in Dunbartonshire, Parlane played club football for Vale of Leven, and made three appearances for Scotland. He won the Scottish Cup three times in a row with Vale of Leven (1877–1879).

Parlane was also a cricketer for the Vale of Leven Cricket Club.

References

  1. ↑ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  2. 1 2 3 "Death of Noted Scottish Goalkeeper". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 16 January 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 25 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 1 2 Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 237.