Bob Barr (footballer, born 1865)

Bob Barr
Personal information
Full name	Robert Barr
Date of birth	April 1865
Place of birth	Kilmarnock, Scotland
Date of death	1935 (aged 69–70)
Place of death	Scotland
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1887	Hurlford United
1888–1889	Stoke
1889–1894	Abercorn
1894–1895	Preston North End
1895–1896	Bury
1896	Reading
1897	Abercorn
1900	Albion Rovers
1901	Barrow
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Barr (1865–1935) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bury, Preston North End and Stoke.^[1]

Career

Barr started his career with Hurlford United before moving south of the border to Stoke in 1888 in time for the first season of the Football League.^[1] Barr played three matches for Stoke before returning to Scotland with Abercorn where he would spend the next five years.^[1]^[2] He re-entered English football again in 1894 with Preston North End and then with Bury a year later.^[1]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1888–89^[1]	The Football League	3	0	0	0	3	0
Preston North End	1894–95^[3]	First Division	28	9	2	0	30	9
Preston North End	1895–96^[3]	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bury	1895–96^[3]	First Division	15	6	3	1	18	7
Career total			47	15	5	1	52	16

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c Bob Barr at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)