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Robert Calderwood

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Robert Calderwood
Personal information
Full name Robert Calderwood
Date of birth 4 October 1862[1]
Place of birth Busby, Scotland
Date of death 13 May 1939(1939-05-13) (aged 76)
Place of death Busby, Scotland
Position(s)
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[a])
*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.[2]

Calderwood scored three goals[a] for Scotland in the 1884–85 British Home Championship, but was later suspended for two years by the Scottish Football Association for being adjudged to have become a professional when signing for English club Bootle before making an appearance for Cowlairs in the (amateur-only) 1887–88 Scottish Cup.[2][4] He returned to play at a high level after this suspension.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b 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.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  2. ^ a b (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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